Panarion (Medicine Chest Against Heresies), Haer. 1-64 26.9.1–27.1.2
Greek text: Holl, GCS 25/31 (Greek text: Karl Holl, ed., Epiphanius, Bände 1-2 (GCS 25, 1915, and GCS 31, 1922, Leipzig: Hinrichs), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0. The digitized file's own metadata describes it as spanning Holl's volumes 1-3 (1915-1933), but its text in fact ends at Haer. 64 (confirmed: the last division is Haer. 64, on Origen, matching the end of GCS 31); Holl's third volume (GCS 37, 1933) is not present in this digital text.).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Haer. 26, chapter 9
26.9.1Holl GCS 25/31:285
9. Καὶ ἵνα μὴ τὰς μαρτυρίας αὐτῶν ἐν μέσῳ φέρων βλαψω μᾶλλον ἤπερ ὠφελήσω, τούτου χάριν τὰ πολλὰ ὑπερβήσομαι, ἐπεὶ ἂν τὰ πάντα παρʼ αὐτοῖς λεγόμενα κακῶς ἐνταῦθα παρατιθέμενος διηγόρευον. τὸ γὰρ εἰπεῖν, φησί, τεθεικέναι τὴν Ῥαὰβ κόκκινον ἐν τῇ θυρίδι οὐκ ἠν, φησί, κόκκινον, ἀλλὰ τὰ μόρια τῆς γυναικείας φύσεως καὶ τὸ κόκκινον αἱμα τῶν καταμηνίων λέγει, καὶ τὸ εἰπεῖν »πῖνε ὕδατα ἀπὸ σῶν ἀγγείων«, περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λέγει.
9. Kai hina mē tas martyrias autōn en mesǭ pherōn blapsō mallon ēper ōphelēsō, toutou charin ta polla hyperbēsomai, epei an ta panta parʼ autois legomena kakōs entautha paratithemenos diēgoreuon. to gar eipein, phēsi, tetheikenai tēn Rhaab kokkinon en tę̄ thyridi ouk ēn, phēsi, kokkinon, alla ta moria tēs gynaikeias physeōs kai to kokkinon haima tōn katamēniōn legei, kai to eipein »pine hydata apo sōn angeiōn«, peri tou autou legei.
And so that I may not do harm rather than good by bringing their testimonies into the open, I shall pass over most of them, since otherwise I would be setting out here everything they wickedly say. For they say that Rahab's placing of scarlet in the window was not scarlet, but the parts of female nature, and the scarlet means the blood of the menses; and the saying “Drink water from your own vessels” refers to the same thing.
Josh 2:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Prov 5:15 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: They read Rahab's scarlet cord and Proverbs obscenely.
- Josh 2:18; Prov 5:15 (LXX).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated word, stray bracket, and wrong accent): έν τῇ τῇ] θυρίδι → ἐν τῇ θυρίδι.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.9.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:285; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-9-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.9.3Holl GCS 25/31:285
φασὶ δὲ εἰναι τὴν σάρκα ἀπολλυμένην καὶ μὴ ἐγειρομένην, εἶναι δὲ ταύτην τοῦ ἄρχοντος.
phasi de einai tēn sarka apollymenēn kai mē egeiromenēn, einai de tautēn tou archontos.
They say that the flesh perishes and is not raised, and that it belongs to the ruler.
Notes and citation
Summary: They deny the resurrection of the flesh.
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.9.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:285; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-9-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.9.4Holl GCS 25/31:285–286
τὴν δὲ δύναμιν τὴν ἐν τοῖς καταμηνίοις καὶ ἐν ταῖς γοναῖς ψυχὴν εἶναί φασιν, ἣν συλλέγοντες ἐσθίομεν· καὶ ἅπερ ἡμεῖς ἐσθίομεν, κρέα ἢ λάχανα ἢ ἄρτον ἢ εἴ τι ἕτερον, χάριν ποιοῦμεν ταῖς κτίσεσι, συλλέγοντες ἀπὸ πάντων τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ μεταφέροντες μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν εἰς τὰ ἐπουράνια. διόπερ καὶ πάντων μεταλαμβάνουσι κρεῶν λέγοντες, ἵνα ἐλεήσωμεν τὸ γένος ἡμῶν.
tēn de dynamin tēn en tois katamēniois kai en tais gonais psychēn einai phasin, hēn syllegontes esthiomen; kai haper hēmeis esthiomen, krea ē lachana ē arton ē ei ti heteron, charin poioumen tais ktisesi, syllegontes apo pantōn tēn psychēn kai metapherontes methʼ heautōn eis ta epourania. dioper kai pantōn metalambanousi kreōn legontes, hina eleēsōmen to genos hēmōn.
And they say that the power in menses and semen is soul, “which we gather and eat; and whatever we eat, meat or vegetables or bread or anything else, we do a favor to the creatures, gathering the soul from all things and carrying it with us to the heavenly places.” Therefore they partake of all kinds of meat, saying, “that we may have mercy on our race.”
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Summary: They claim to rescue the soul scattered in all food.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): θεθʼ ἑαυτῶν → μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.9.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:285–286; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-9-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.9.5Holl GCS 25/31:286
φάσκουσι δὲ τὴν αὐτὴν ψυχὴν εἶναι, ἴν τε τοῖς ζῴοις καὶ ἐν κνωδάλοις καὶ ἰχθύσι καὶ ὄφεσι καὶ ἀνθρώποις ἐγκατεσπάρθαι καὶ ἐν λαχάνοις καὶ ἐν δένδρεσι καὶ ἐν γεννήμασι.
phaskousi de tēn autēn psychēn einai, in te tois zǭois kai en knōdalois kai ichthysi kai ophesi kai anthrōpois enkatesparthai kai en lachanois kai en dendresi kai en gennēmasi.
They say it is the same soul that is sown in animals, vermin, fish, snakes and human beings, and in vegetables, trees and crops.
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Summary: One soul is scattered in all living things.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.9.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:286; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-9-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.9.6Holl GCS 25/31:286
καὶ οἱ μὲν αὐτῶν Φιβιωνῖται καλούμενοι ἀναφέρουσι τὰς αἰσχρὰς αὐτῶν θυσίας τὰς τῆς πορνείας, τὰς ὑφʼ ὴμῶν ἐνταῦθα προειρημένας, όνόμασι τριακοσίοις ἑξήκοντα πέντε, οἷς αὐτοὶ ἔπλασαν ἀρχόντων δῆθεν, ἐμπαίζοντες τοῖς γυναικαρίοις καὶ λέγοντες· μίγηθι μετʼ ἐμοῦ, ἵνα σε άνενέγκω πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα.
kai hoi men autōn Phibiōnitai kaloumenoi anapherousi tas aischras autōn thysias tas tēs porneias, tas hyphʼ ēmōn entautha proeirēmenas, onomasi triakosiois hexēkonta pente, hois autoi eplasan archontōn dēthen, empaizontes tois gynaikariois kai legontes; migēthi metʼ emou, hina se anenenkō pros ton archonta.
Those of them called Phibionites offer their obscene sacrifices of sexual immorality, which we have described here above, under three hundred and sixty-five names, which they themselves invented, supposedly of rulers, deceiving the silly women and saying, “Have intercourse with me, so that I may offer you up to the ruler.”
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Summary: The Phibionites' rite with 365 names of rulers.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): τρακοσίοις → τριακοσίοις.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.9.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:286; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-9-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.9.7Holl GCS 25/31:286
καθʼ ἑκάστην δὲ μῖξιν ὀνομάζουσιν ἑνὸς ὄνομά τινος βάρβαρον τῶν παρʼ αὐτοῖς πεπλασμένων, καὶ δῆθεν εὔχονται λέγοντες· προσφέρω σοὶ τῷ δεῖνι, ἵνα προσενέγκῃς τῷ δεῖνι. τῇ δὲ ἄλλῃ μίξει πάλιν ἄλλῳ ὑποτίθεται ὡσαύτως προσφέρειν, ἴνα καὶ αὐτὸς τῷ ἄλλῳ.
kathʼ hekastēn de mixin onomazousin henos onoma tinos barbaron tōn parʼ autois peplasmenōn, kai dēthen euchontai legontes; prospherō soi tǭ deini, hina prosenenkę̄s tǭ deini. tę̄ de allę̄ mixei palin allǭ hypotithetai hōsautōs prospherein, ina kai autos tǭ allǭ.
At each act of intercourse they name one barbarous name of those invented among them, and supposedly pray, saying, “I offer to you, So-and-so, that you may offer to So-and-so.” And at the next intercourse he again supposes that he offers likewise to another, that he in turn may offer to another.
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Summary: Each act is offered to a named ruler.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.9.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:286; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-9-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.9.8Holl GCS 25/31:286
καὶ ἕως ἀνέλθῃ, μᾶλλον δὲ κατέλθῃ τριακοσίας ἑξήκοντα πέντε πτώσεις τῆς λαγνείας, καθʼ ἑκάστην ὅνομά τι ἐπικαλεῖται τὸ τοιοῦτο ἐργαζόμενος. καὶ ἄρχεται πάλιν κατιέναι διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν, τὰ αὐτὰ αἰσχρὰ ἐπιτελῶν καὶ ἐμπαίζων ταῖς ἠπατημέναι.
kai heōs anelthę̄, mallon de katelthę̄ triakosias hexēkonta pente ptōseis tēs lagneias, kathʼ hekastēn honoma ti epikaleitai to toiouto ergazomenos. kai archetai palin katienai dia tōn autōn, ta auta aischra epitelōn kai empaizōn tais ēpatēmenai.
And until he ascends, or rather descends, through three hundred and sixty-five falls of lust, at each one the man who does this calls on a name. And he begins to come down again through the same, performing the same obscenities and deceiving the deluded women.
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Summary: They ascend and descend through 365 acts.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.9.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:286; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-9-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.9.9Holl GCS 25/31:286
ὅταν οὖν εἰς τοσοῦτον ὄγκον ἐλάσῃ ἀριθμοῦ ἑπτακοσίων τριάκοντα πτώσεων, λέγω δὴ μίξεων αἰσχρῶν καὶ όνομάτων τῶν παρʼ αὐτοῖς πεπλασμένων, τότε λοιπὸν τολμᾷ ὁ τοιοῦτος καὶ λέγει· »ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Χριστός, ἐπειδὴ ἄνωθεν καταβέβηκα διὰ τῶν ὀνομάτων τῶν τξε ἀρχόντων.‘
hotan oun eis tosouton onkon elasę̄ arithmou heptakosiōn triakonta ptōseōn, legō dē mixeōn aischrōn kai onomatōn tōn parʼ autois peplasmenōn, tote loipon tolmą ho toioutos kai legei; »egō eimi ho Christos, epeidē anōthen katabebēka dia tōn onomatōn tōn txe archontōn.‘
So when he reaches such a mass as the number of seven hundred and thirty falls, I mean obscene acts of intercourse and names invented among them, then such a man dares to say, “I am the Christ, since I have come down from above through the names of the 365 rulers.”
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Summary: After 730 acts a man claims to be Christ.
- The numeral 365 is written as Greek letters (τξε).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray letter): λέγν δὴ → λέγω δὴ; αὐτοῖς Ι πεπλασμένων → αὐτοῖς πεπλασμένων.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.9.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:286; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-9-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 26, chapter 10
26.10.1Holl GCS 25/31:286–287
10. Ta δὲ τῶν μειζόνων κατʼ αὐτοὺς ἀρχόντων ὀνόματα ταῦτα εἶναι λέγουσι, πολλοὺς λέγοντες· ἐν μὲν τῷ πρώτῳ οὐρανῷ εἶναι τὸν Ἰαὼ ἄρχοντα, καὶ ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ φησὶν εἶναι τὸν Σακλᾶν ἄρχοντα τῆς πορνείας, ἐν δὲ τῷ τρίτῳ τὸν Σὴθ ἄρχοντα, ἐν δὲ τῷ τετάρτῳ εἶναί φησι τὸν Δαυίδην.
10. Ta de tōn meizonōn katʼ autous archontōn onomata tauta einai legousi, pollous legontes; en men tǭ prōtǭ ouranǭ einai ton Iaō archonta, kai en tǭ deuterǭ phēsin einai ton Saklan archonta tēs porneias, en de tǭ tritǭ ton Sēth archonta, en de tǭ tetartǭ einai phēsi ton Dauidēn.
They say the names of the greater rulers, in their view, are these, naming many: in the first heaven is the ruler Iao; in the second, he says, is Saklas, ruler of sexual immorality; in the third, the ruler Seth; in the fourth, he says, is Davides.
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Summary: The names of the rulers of the heavens.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (word split by a line-end hyphen): ἄρ- χοντα τῆς πορνείας → ἄρχοντα τῆς πορνείας.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.10.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:286–287; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-10-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.10.2Holl GCS 25/31:287
τέταρτον γὰρ ὑποτίθενται οὐρανὸν καὶ τρίτον, πέμπτον δὲ ἄλλον οὐρανόν, ἐν ᾧ φασιν εἶναι τὸν Ἐλωαῖον τὸν καὶ Ἀδωναῖον. ἐν δὲ τῷ ἕκτῳ φασὶν εἶναι οἱ μὲν τὸν Ἰαλδαβαώθ, οἱ δὲ τὸν Ἠλιλαῖον.
tetarton gar hypotithentai ouranon kai triton, pempton de allon ouranon, en hǭ phasin einai ton Elōaion ton kai Adōnaion. en de tǭ hektǭ phasin einai hoi men ton Ialdabaōth, hoi de ton Ēlilaion.
For they suppose a fourth heaven and a third, and a fifth heaven in which they say is Eloaeus, also called Adonaeus. In the sixth some say is Ialdabaoth, others Elilaeus.
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Summary: Rulers of the fifth and sixth heavens.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.10.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:287; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-10-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.10.3Holl GCS 25/31:287
ἄλλον δὲ ἕβδομον οὐρανὸν ὑποτίθενται, ἐν ᾧ λέγουσιν εἶναι τὸν Σαβαώθ· ἄλλοι δὲ λέγουσιν οὐχί, ἀλλʼ ὁ Ἰαλδαβαώθ ἐστιν ἐν τῷ ἑβδόμῳ.
allon de hebdomon ouranon hypotithentai, en hǭ legousin einai ton Sabaōth; alloi de legousin ouchi, allʼ ho Ialdabaōth estin en tǭ hebdomǭ.
They suppose another, seventh heaven, in which they say Sabaoth is; others say no, but Ialdabaoth is in the seventh.
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Summary: The ruler of the seventh heaven.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.10.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:287; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-10-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.10.4Holl GCS 25/31:287
ἐν δὲ τῷ ὀγδόῳ οὐρανῷ τὴν Βαρβηλὼ καλουμένην καὶ τὸν πατέρα τῶν ὅλων καὶ κύριον τὸν αὐτὸν αὐτοπάτορα καὶ Χριστὸν ἄλλον αὐτολόχευτον καὶ Χριστὸν τοῦτον τὸν κατελθόντα καὶ δείξαντα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ταύτην τὴν γνῶσιν, ὂν καὶ Ἰησοῦν φασιν·
en de tǭ ogdoǭ ouranǭ tēn Barbēlō kaloumenēn kai ton patera tōn holōn kai kyrion ton auton autopatora kai Christon allon autolocheuton kai Christon touton ton katelthonta kai deixanta tois anthrōpois tautēn tēn gnōsin, on kai Iēsoun phasin;
In the eighth heaven is the one called Barbelo, and the Father of all and Lord, the same self-father, and another Christ, self-begotten, and this Christ who came down and showed human beings this knowledge, whom they also call Jesus;
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Summary: The eighth heaven holds Barbelo, the Father, and Christ.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.10.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:287; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-10-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.10.5Holl GCS 25/31:287
μὴ εἶναι δὲ αὐτὸν ἀπὸ Μαρίας Γεγεννημένον, ἀλλὰ διὰ Μαρίας δεδειγμένον. σάρκα δὲ αὐτὸν μὴ εἰληφέναι, ἀλλʼ ἢ μόνον δόκησιν εἶναι.
mē einai de auton apo Marias Gegennēmenon, alla dia Marias dedeigmenon. sarka de auton mē eilēphenai, allʼ ē monon dokēsin einai.
and [they say] that he was not born of Mary but displayed through Mary; that he did not take flesh but was only an appearance.
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Summary: They deny that Christ took flesh from Mary.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.10.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:287; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-10-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.10.6Holl GCS 25/31:287–288
φασὶ δὲ τὸν Σαβαὼθ οἱ μὲν ὄνου μορφὴν ἔχειν, οἱ δὲ χοίρου· διόπερ ἐνετείλατο, φησί, τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις χοῖρον μὴ ἐσθίειν. εἷναι δὲ αὐτὸν ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς καὶ τῶν μετ αὐτὸν οὐρανῶν καὶ ἀγγέλων τῶν ἑαυτοῦ.
phasi de ton Sabaōth hoi men onou morphēn echein, hoi de choirou; dioper eneteilato, phēsi, tois Ioudaiois choiron mē esthiein. heinai de auton poiētēn ouranou kai gēs kai tōn met auton ouranōn kai angelōn tōn heautou.
Some say Sabaoth has the form of an ass, others of a pig; therefore, he says, he commanded the Jews not to eat pork. And he is the maker of heaven and earth, of the heavens after him, and of his own angels.
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Summary: They say Sabaoth has the form of an ass or pig.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.10.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:287–288; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-10-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.10.7Holl GCS 25/31:288
τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν ἐν τῷ ἐξέρχεσθαι ἐντεῦθεν διαβαίνειν διὰ τῶν ἀρχόντων τούτων, μὴ δύνασθαι δὲ διαπερᾶσαι, εἰ μή τι ἄν <τις> τῆς γνώσεως ταύτης, μᾶλλον δὲ καταγνώσεως, ἐν πληρώματι γένηται καὶ ἐμφορηθεὶς διαδράσειε τῶν ἀρχόντων καὶ τῶν ἐξουσιῶν τὰς χεῖρας.
tēn de psychēn en tǭ exerchesthai enteuthen diabainein dia tōn archontōn toutōn, mē dynasthai de diaperasai, ei mē ti an <tis> tēs gnōseōs tautēs, mallon de katagnōseōs, en plērōmati genētai kai emphorētheis diadraseie tōn archontōn kai tōn exousiōn tas cheiras.
And the soul, on leaving here, passes through these rulers, but cannot get through unless it is in the fullness of this knowledge, or rather condemnation, and, filled with it, escapes the hands of the rulers and authorities.
Notes and citation
Summary: Only souls with this knowledge pass the rulers.
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.10.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:288; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-10-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.10.8Holl GCS 25/31:288
εἶναι δὲ δρακοντοειδῆ τὸν ἄρχοντα τὸν κατέχοντα τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον, καὶ καταπίνοντα μὲν τὰς ψυχὰς τὰς μὴ ἐν γνώσει ὑπαρχούσας καὶ διὰ τῆς κέρκου πάλιν ἐπιστρέφοντα εἰς τὸν κόσμον, ἐνταῦθα εἰς χοίρους καὶ εἰς ἄλλα ζῷα * καὶ πάλιν διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν ἀναφερομένας.
einai de drakontoeidē ton archonta ton katechonta ton kosmon touton, kai katapinonta men tas psychas tas mē en gnōsei hyparchousas kai dia tēs kerkou palin epistrephonta eis ton kosmon, entautha eis choirous kai eis alla zǭa * kai palin dia tōn autōn anapheromenas.
And the ruler who holds this world is serpent-shaped; he swallows the souls that are not in knowledge and returns them to the world through his tail, here into pigs and other animals …, and they are brought up again through the same.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The serpent-ruler swallows ignorant souls and returns them to animal bodies.
- The asterisk marks a gap.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.10.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:288; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-10-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.10.9Holl GCS 25/31:288
εἰ δέ τις, φησίν, ἐν τῇ γνώσει γένηται ταύτῃ καὶ συλλέξῃ ἑαυτὸν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου διὰ τῶν ἐμμηνίων καὶ διὰ τῆς ῥύσεως τῆς ἐπιθυμίας, μηκέτι ἐνταῦθα κατέχεσθαι αὐτόν, ἀλλὰ ὑπερβαίνειν τοὺς προειρημένους ἄρχοντας.
ei de tis, phēsin, en tę̄ gnōsei genētai tautę̄ kai syllexę̄ heauton ek tou kosmou dia tōn emmēniōn kai dia tēs rhyseōs tēs epithymias, mēketi entautha katechesthai auton, alla hyperbainein tous proeirēmenous archontas.
But if anyone, he says, comes to be in this knowledge and gathers himself out of the world through the menses and the flow of desire, he is no longer held here, but passes beyond the rulers already mentioned.
Notes and citation
Summary: Their rite lets the soul pass the rulers.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.10.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:288; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-10-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.10.10Holl GCS 25/31:288
ἔρχεσθαι δέ φασι παρὰ τὸν Σαβαὼθ καὶ πατεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ, ἀθυρογλώττως βλασφημοῦντες, καὶ οὕτως ὑπερβαίνειν εἰς τὸ ἄνω μέρος, ὅπου ἡ μήτηρ τῶν ζώντων ἡ Βαρβηρὼ ἤτοι καὶ Βαρβηλώ, καὶ οὕτως τὴν Ψυχὴν σῴζεσθαι.
erchesthai de phasi para ton Sabaōth kai patein epi tēn kephalēn autou, athyroglōttōs blasphēmountes, kai houtōs hyperbainein eis to anō meros, hopou hē mētēr tōn zōntōn hē Barbērō ētoi kai Barbēlō, kai houtōs tēn Psychēn sǭzesthai.
And they say he comes to Sabaoth and treads on his head, blaspheming with unbridled tongue, and so passes beyond to the upper region, where the Mother of the living is, Barbero or Barbelo, and so the soul is saved.
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Summary: The saved soul treads on Sabaoth's head.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (word split by a line-end hyphen): ὑπερβαί- νειν → ὑπερβαίνειν.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.10.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:288; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-10-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.10.11Holl GCS 25/31:288
ἔχειν δὲ καὶ τρίχας ὡς γυναικὸς τὸν Σαβαὼθ λέγουσιν οἱ τάλανες, νομίζοντες τὸ ὄνομα τὸ Σαβαὼθ ἄρχοντά τινα εἶναι, οὐκ εἰδότες ὅτι ὅπου λέγει »τάδε λέγει κύριος Σαβαώθ‘, οὐκ ὄνομά τινος εἶπεν, ἀλλʼ ὄνομα δοξολομίας τῆς θεότητος.
echein de kai trichas hōs gynaikos ton Sabaōth legousin hoi talanes, nomizontes to onoma to Sabaōth archonta tina einai, ouk eidotes hoti hopou legei »tade legei kyrios Sabaōth‘, ouk onoma tinos eipen, allʼ onoma doxolomias tēs theotētos.
The wretches also say that Sabaoth has hair like a woman, thinking that the name Sabaoth is some ruler, not knowing that where it says “Thus says the Lord Sabaoth,” it did not say the name of someone, but a name of praise of the Godhead.
Notes and citation
Summary: Sabaoth is a divine title, not a ruler.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.10.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:288; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-10-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.10.12Holl GCS 25/31:288
Σαβαὼθ γὰρ ἑρμηνεύεται ἀπὸ τῆς Ἑβραϊκῆς διαλέκτου κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων· ὅπου γὰρ ἐν τῇ παλαιᾷ διαθήκῃ τὸ Σαβαὼθ ἄνομά ἐστι γεγραμμένον, δύναμιν ὑποφαίνει, ὅθεν ὁ Ἀκύλας πανταχοῦ τὸ »Ἀδωναϊ Σαβαώθ‘ ἑρμηνείεν λέγων »κύριος στρατιῶν«.
Sabaōth gar hermēneuetai apo tēs Hebraïkēs dialektou kyrios tōn dynameōn; hopou gar en tę̄ palaią diathēkę̄ to Sabaōth anoma esti gegrammenon, dynamin hypophainei, hothen ho Akylas pantachou to »Adōnaï Sabaōth‘ hermēneien legōn »kyrios stratiōn«.
For Sabaoth, from the Hebrew language, means Lord of powers; wherever the name Sabaoth is written in the Old Testament, it indicates power; hence Aquila everywhere translated “Adonai Sabaoth” as “Lord of armies.”
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Summary: Sabaoth means “Lord of hosts.”
- Aquila's Greek translation of the Old Testament (2nd century).
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.10.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:288; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-10-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.10.13Holl GCS 25/31:288
οὑτοι δὲ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον ἐμμανέντες κατὰ τοῦ αὐτῶν δεσπότου τὸν μὴ ὄντα ζητοῦσι καὶ τὸν ὄντα ἀπολωλέκασι, μᾶλλον δὲ ἑαυτοὺς ἀπώλεσαν.
houtoi de kata panta tropon emmanentes kata tou autōn despotou ton mē onta zētousi kai ton onta apolōlekasi, mallon de heautous apōlesan.
These, raging in every way against their Master, seek the one who does not exist and have lost the one who does, or rather have destroyed themselves.
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Summary: They seek a false god and lose the true one.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.10.13 (Holl GCS 25/31:288; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-10-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 26, chapter 11
26.11.1Holl GCS 25/31:288–289
11. Ἄλλα δὲ ὅσα * ἐν οἷς περικακεῖν ἐστι τὰ τῆς αὐτῶν μανίας λέγειν. τινὲς ἐξ αὐτῶν δῆθεν γυναιξὶ μὴ πλησιάζοντες ταῖς ἰδίαις αὐτῶν χεροὶν εαυτοὺς φθείρουσι, τὴν δὲ ἑαυτῶν φθορὰν λαμβάνουσιν εἰς τὰς χεῖρας καὶ οὕτως ἐσθίουσι, χρώμενοι σεσυκοφαντημένῃ μαρτυρίᾳ,
11. Alla de hosa * en hois perikakein esti ta tēs autōn manias legein. tines ex autōn dēthen gynaixi mē plēsiazontes tais idiais autōn cheroin eautous phtheirousi, tēn de heautōn phthoran lambanousin eis tas cheiras kai houtōs esthiousi, chrōmenoi sesykophantēmenę̄ martyrią,
There are other things … in which it is wearisome to tell of their madness. Some of them, supposedly not approaching women, corrupt themselves with their own hands, take their own emission into their hands and so eat it, using a slanderously twisted testimony,
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: Some practice masturbation and consume the semen.
- The asterisk marks a gap.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.11.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:288–289; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-11-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.11.2Holl GCS 25/31:289
τῷ αἱ χεῖρες αὑται ἐπήρκεσαν οὐ μόνον ἐμοί, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς σὺν ἐμοί‘, καὶ πάλιν τῷ »ἐραζόμενοι ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσίν, ἴνα δυνηθῆτε καὶ τοῖς μὴ ἔχουσι μεταδοῦναι«·
tǭ hai cheires hautai epērkesan ou monon emoi, alla kai tois syn emoi‘, kai palin tǭ »erazomenoi tais idiais chersin, ina dynēthēte kai tois mē echousi metadounai«;
“These hands have served not only me but those with me,” and again, “working with your own hands, so that you may be able to share with those who have nothing”;
Acts 20:34 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 4:28 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: They misuse Paul's sayings about working with one's hands.
- Acts 20:34; Eph 4:28.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.11.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:289; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-11-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.11.3Holl GCS 25/31:289
ὡς καὶ περὶ τούτων οἶμαι ἐκινήθη τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἐν τῷ ἀποστόλῳ Ἰούδᾳ, λέγω δὴ ἐν τῇ ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ γραφείσῃ καθολικῇ ἐπιστολῇ Ἰούδας δέ ἐστιν οὗτος ὁ ἀδελφὸς Ἰακώβου καὶ τοῦ κυρίου λεγόμενος)· ὑπέδειξε γὰρ αὐτοὺς τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα διὰ τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ Ἰούδα κατὰ τὰ κτήνη φθειρομένους καὶ φθείροντας, ὡς λέγει ὅτι ὅσα μὲν οὐκ οἴδασιν, ἀγνοοῦντες ἁλίσκονται, ὅσα δὲ οἴδασιν, ὡς τὰ ἄλογα ζῷα φθείρονται«.
hōs kai peri toutōn oimai ekinēthē to hagion pneuma en tǭ apostolǭ Ioudą, legō dē en tę̄ hypʼ autou grapheisę̄ katholikę̄ epistolę̄ Ioudas de estin houtos ho adelphos Iakōbou kai tou kyriou legomenos); hypedeixe gar autous to hagion pneuma dia tēs phōnēs tou Iouda kata ta ktēnē phtheiromenous kai phtheirontas, hōs legei hoti hosa men ouk oidasin, agnoountes haliskontai, hosa de oidasin, hōs ta aloga zǭa phtheirontai«.
as, I think, the Holy Spirit was moved about these in the apostle Jude, I mean in the catholic letter written by him (this is Jude called the brother of James and of the Lord). For the Holy Spirit showed them through Jude's voice as corrupted and corrupting like beasts, as he says, “what they do not know they are ignorant and caught, and what they know, they are corrupted by like irrational animals.”
Jude 1:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Jude 1:1 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Jude's letter describes such people.
- Jude 10, freely quoted.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.11.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:289; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-11-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.11.4Holl GCS 25/31:289
κυνῶν γὰρ δίκην καὶ χοίρων τὴν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν φθορὰν ἐπιτελοῦσιν· οἱ κύνες γὰρ καὶ οἱ χοῖροι, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄλλα ζῷα οὕτως φθείρονται καὶ τὴν ἀπόρρυσιν τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν σωμάτων αὐτῶν ἐσθίουσι.
kynōn gar dikēn kai choirōn tēn apʼ autōn phthoran epitelousin; hoi kynes gar kai hoi choiroi, ou mēn alla kai alla zǭa houtōs phtheirontai kai tēn aporrysin tēn apo tōn sōmatōn autōn esthiousi.
For like dogs and pigs they perform their corruption; for dogs and pigs, and other animals too, corrupt themselves in this way and eat the emission from their bodies.
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Summary: Epiphanius compares them to animals.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.11.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:289; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-11-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.11.5Holl GCS 25/31:289
καὶ γὰρ καὶ ἀληθῶς ἐνυπνιαζόμενοι σάρκα μὲν μιαίνουσι, κυριότητα δὲ ἐθετοῦσι, δόξας δὲ βλασφημοῦσι. Μιχαὴλ δὲ ὁ ἀρχάγγελος διαλεγόμενος τῷ διαβόλῳ περὶ τοῦ Μωυσέως σώματος οὐκ ἤνεγκε λόγον βλασφημίας, ἀλλὰ εἶπεν, ἐπιτιμήσαι σοι κύριος.
kai gar kai alēthōs enypniazomenoi sarka men miainousi, kyriotēta de ethetousi, doxas de blasphēmousi. Michaēl de ho archangelos dialegomenos tǭ diabolǭ peri tou Mōyseōs sōmatos ouk ēnenke logon blasphēmias, alla eipen, epitimēsai soi kyrios.
And truly, “dreaming, they defile the flesh, reject lordship, and blaspheme glories. But Michael the archangel, disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not bring a word of blasphemy, but said, The Lord rebuke you.”
Jude 1:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Jude 1:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jude's words fit them exactly.
- Jude 8–9. The dispute over Moses' body is from the Assumption of Moses (lost ending).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (word split by a line-end hyphen): βλασφη- μίας → βλασφημίας.
Extrabiblical texts: As. Mos. (Assumption of Moses; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.11.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:289; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-11-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.11.6Holl GCS 25/31:289
οὑτοι δὲ ὅσα οὐκ οἴδασι φυσικῶς βλασφημοῦσιν‘, ὅτι τὰ ἅγια τῶν ἁγίων τὰ μετὰ ἁγιασμοῦ ὴμῖν παραδοθέντα βλασφημοῦσιν, εἰς αἰσχρότητα αὐτὰ μεταβαλλόμενοι.
houtoi de hosa ouk oidasi physikōs blasphēmousin‘, hoti ta hagia tōn hagiōn ta meta hagiasmou ēmin paradothenta blasphēmousin, eis aischrotēta auta metaballomenoi.
“But these blaspheme what they do not know by nature,” because they blaspheme the holy of holies handed down to us with sanctification, turning them into obscenity.
Jude 1:10 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They blaspheme the holy mysteries.
- Jude 10, freely quoted.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.11.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:289; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-11-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.11.7Holl GCS 25/31:289
καὶ ταῦτά ἐστιν ἅτινα κατὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐτόλμησαν λέγειν, ὡς καὶ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλός φησιν »ὥστε τινὰς τολμᾶν > ἡμᾶς λέγειν ὅτι ποιήσωμεν τὰ κακά, ἴνα ἔλθῃ ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς τὰ ἀγαθά, ὡν τὸ κρίμα ὲ́νδικόν ἐστι².
kai tauta estin hatina kata tōn apostolōn etolmēsan legein, hōs kai ho makarios Paulos phēsin »hōste tinas tolman > hēmas legein hoti poiēsōmen ta kaka, ina elthę̄ ephʼ hēmas ta agatha, hōn to krima endikon esti².
And these are the things they dared to say against the apostles, as blessed Paul says, “so that some dare to say of us that we say, Let us do evil that good may come upon us; their condemnation is just.”
Rom 3:8 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Paul was slandered with similar charges.
- Rom 3:8.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.11.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:289; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-11-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.11.8Holl GCS 25/31:289–290
πόσας δὲ ἄλλας ἀγάγοιμι μαρτυρίας κατὰ τῶν βλασφήμων; οὗτοι γὰρ οἱ ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσὶ φθειρόμενοι, οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ ταῖς γυναιξὶ πλησιάζοντες, λοιπὸν κόρον μὴ] λαβόντες τῆς μετὰ τῶν γυναικῶν πολυμιξίας εἰς ἀλλήλους ἐκκαίονται, ἄνδρες ἐν ἀνδράσι, κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον »τὴν ἀντιμισθίαν τῆς πλάνης έν ἑαυτοῖς ἀπολαμβάνοντες«. ἐξώλεις γὰρ οὗτοι γενόμενοι μακαρίζουσιν ἀλλήλοις, ὡς τὸ προκριτέον τάγμα ἀναδεξάμενοι.
posas de allas agagoimi martyrias kata tōn blasphēmōn? houtoi gar hoi tais idiais chersi phtheiromenoi, ou monon de, alla kai hoi tais gynaixi plēsiazontes, loipon koron mē] labontes tēs meta tōn gynaikōn polymixias eis allēlous ekkaiontai, andres en andrasi, kata to gegrammenon »tēn antimisthian tēs planēs en heautois apolambanontes«. exōleis gar houtoi genomenoi makarizousin allēlois, hōs to prokriteon tagma anadexamenoi.
How many other testimonies might I bring against the blasphemers? For those who corrupt themselves with their own hands, and not only they but those who approach women, finally, having had their fill of promiscuity with women, burn for one another, men with men, as it is written, “receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error.” For having become utterly lost, they congratulate one another as having received the preferred rank.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Rom 1:27 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Epiphanius charges them with same-sex intercourse.
- Rom 1:27. The editor deletes [μή]; the sense is “having had their fill.”
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.11.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:289–290; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-11-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.11.9Holl GCS 25/31:290
ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπατῶντες τὸ αὑτοῖς πειθόμενον γυναικεῖον γένος, τὸ σωρευόμενον ἁμαρτήμασι καὶ ἀγόμενον ἐπιρροίαις ποικίλαις‘, φάσκουσι ταῖς ἠπατημέναις παρʼ αὐτῶν ὅτι ἡ δεῖνα παρθένος, ἡ τοσαῦτα ἔτη πεφθαρμένη καὶ φθεγγομένη καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν. κόρον γὰρ οὐκ ἔχει παρ αὑτοῖς ἡ λαγνεία, ἀλλὰ ὅσον τις παρʼ αὐτοῖς αἰσχρουργὸς ἄνθρωπος, τοσοῦτον παρʼ αὑτοῖς ἐπαινετός.
alla kai apatōntes to hautois peithomenon gynaikeion genos, to sōreuomenon hamartēmasi kai agomenon epirroiais poikilais‘, phaskousi tais ēpatēmenais parʼ autōn hoti hē deina parthenos, hē tosauta etē pephtharmenē kai phthengomenē kathʼ hekastēn hēmeran. koron gar ouk echei par hautois hē lagneia, alla hoson tis parʼ autois aischrourgos anthrōpos, tosouton parʼ hautois epainetos.
And deceiving the womenfolk who obey them, “laden with sins and led by various impulses,” they say to the women they have deceived, “So-and-so is a virgin,” one who has been corrupted for so many years and is corrupted every day. For among them lust has no satiety; the more obscene a man is among them, the more he is praised.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
2 Tim 3:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They call corrupted women virgins.
- 2 Tim 3:6. “Corrupted every day” renders a garbled φθεγγομένη (read φθειρομένη).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin letter inside a Greek word): λαrνεία → λαγνεία.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.11.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:290; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-11-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.11.10Holl GCS 25/31:290
ἐκείνας δέ φασιν παρθένους εἶναι, τὰς μηδέποτε ἐν κοσμικῇ μίξει γάμου κατὰ φύσιν τῆς συνηθείας γενομένας ἴως καταβολῆς σπέρματος, ἀλλὰ μιγνυμένας μὲν ἀεὶ καὶ πορνευούσας πρὸ δὲ τοῦ ἀπαρτηθῆναι τὴν ἡδονὴν ἀφιστώσας τὸν πονηροποιὸν αὐτῶν τῆς κοινωνίας φθορέα καὶ λαμβανούσας τὴν προειρημένην αἰσχρότητα εἰς ἐδωδήν,
ekeinas de phasin parthenous einai, tas mēdepote en kosmikę̄ mixei gamou kata physin tēs synētheias genomenas iōs katabolēs spermatos, alla mignymenas men aei kai porneuousas pro de tou apartēthēnai tēn hēdonēn aphistōsas ton ponēropoion autōn tēs koinōnias phthorea kai lambanousas tēn proeirēmenēn aischrotēta eis edōdēn,
They say those women are virgins who have never, in the worldly intercourse of marriage according to the usual nature, come to the point of the depositing of seed, but who always have intercourse and commit sexual immorality, yet before the pleasure is completed pull away the evildoing corrupter of their partnership and take the obscene matter already mentioned for food,
Notes and citation
Summary: Their “virgins” avoid conception by withdrawal.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.11.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:290; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-11-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.11.11Holl GCS 25/31:290
ὡς κατὰ τὸ ὅμοιον <τῆς> τοῦ Σηλῶμ πρὸς τὴν Θάμαρ κακοτροπίας, * ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ παρθενίας τὴν τέχνην ταύτην ἐπανῃρημένας τοῦ φθείρεσθαι μέν, μὴ ὑποδέχεσθαι δὲ τῆς φθορᾶς τὴν μῖξιν καὶ τὴν ἀπόρροιαν.
hōs kata to homoion <tēs> tou Sēlōm pros tēn Thamar kakotropias, * alla apo parthenias tēn technēn tautēn epanę̄rēmenas tou phtheiresthai men, mē hypodechesthai de tēs phthoras tēn mixin kai tēn aporroian.
as in the likeness of the perversity of Shelah toward Tamar, … but having taken up this art from virginity, to be corrupted but not to receive the union and emission of the corruption.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Gen 38:9 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Their practice is compared to Onan's sin.
- Gen 38:9. Epiphanius names Shelah, though Genesis names Onan. The asterisk marks a gap.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.11.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:290; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-11-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.11.12Holl GCS 25/31:290
βλασφημοῦσι δὲ οὐ μόνον τὸν Ἀβραὰμ καὶ τὸν Μωυσέα καὶ τὸν Ἠλίαν καὶ πάντα τὸν χορὸν τῶν προφητῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν θεὸν τὸν ἐκλεξάμενον αὐτούς.
blasphēmousi de ou monon ton Abraam kai ton Mōysea kai ton Ēlian kai panta ton choron tōn prophētōn, alla kai ton theon ton eklexamenon autous.
And they blaspheme not only Abraham, Moses, Elijah and the whole choir of prophets, but also the God who chose them.
Notes and citation
Summary: They blaspheme the patriarchs, prophets, and God.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.11.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:290; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-11-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 26, chapter 12
26.12.1Holl GCS 25/31:290–291
12. Ἄλλα δὲ μυρία παρʼ αὐτοῖς πλασθέντα γραφεῖα τετόλμηται. γένναν μὲν γὰρ Μαρίας βιβλίον τί φασιν εἶναι, ἐν ᾧ δεινά τε καὶ ὀλέθρια ὑποβάλλοντές τινα ἐκεῖσε λέγουσιν.
12. Alla de myria parʼ autois plasthenta grapheia tetolmētai. gennan men gar Marias biblion ti phasin einai, en hǭ deina te kai olethria hypoballontes tina ekeise legousin.
They have dared countless other fabricated writings. They say there is a book, the Birth of Mary, in which they put certain terrible and deadly things and say them there.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Gnostics have a book called the Birth of Mary.
- The Genna Marias is lost; it has no entry in the site's list of extrabiblical texts.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.12.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:290–291; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.12.2Holl GCS 25/31:291
ἐκ τούτου γάρ φησι τὸν Ζαχαρίαν ἀπεκτάνθαι ἐν τῷ ναῷ, ἐπειδή φησίν, ὀπτασίαν ἑώρακε, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου θέλων εἰπεῖν τὴν ὀπτασίαν ἀπεφράγη τὸ στόμα. εἶδε γάρ, φησίν, ἐν τῇ ὤρᾳ τοῦ θυμιάματός τινα, ὡς ἐθυμία, ἄνθρωπον ἑστῶτα, φησίν, ὄνου μορφὴν ἔχοντα.
ek toutou gar phēsi ton Zacharian apektanthai en tǭ naǭ, epeidē phēsin, optasian heōrake, kai apo tou phobou thelōn eipein tēn optasian apephragē to stoma. eide gar, phēsin, en tę̄ ōrą tou thymiamatos tina, hōs ethymia, anthrōpon hestōta, phēsin, onou morphēn echonta.
For from this, it says, Zechariah was killed in the temple, because, it says, he had seen a vision, and when he wished out of fear to tell the vision his mouth was stopped. For he saw, it says, at the hour of incense, while he was burning incense, a man standing, it says, having the form of an ass.
Luke 1:9 (allusion, medium confidence) · Luke 1:22 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: In their book Zechariah sees an ass-shaped figure in the temple.
- Cf. Luke 1:9–22; Matt 23:35.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἀπτασίαν → ὀπτασίαν.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.12.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:291; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-12-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.12.3Holl GCS 25/31:291
καὶ ἐξελθόντος, φημί, καὶ θέλοντος εἰπεῖν· οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, τίνι προσκυνεῖτε; ἀπέφραξεν αὐτοῦ τὸ στόμα ὁ ὀφθεὶς αὐτῷ ἔνδον ἐν τῷ ναῷ, ἵνα μὴ δύνηται λαλῆσαι. ὅτε δὲ ἡνοίγη τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ ἴνα λαλήσῃ, τότε ἀπεκάλυψεν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἀπέκτειναν αὐτόν. καὶ οὕτως, φησίν, ἀπέθανε Ζαχαρίας.
kai exelthontos, phēmi, kai thelontos eipein; ouai hymin, tini proskyneite? apephraxen autou to stoma ho ophtheis autǭ endon en tǭ naǭ, hina mē dynētai lalēsai. hote de hēnoigē to stoma autou ina lalēsę̄, tote apekalypsen autois kai apekteinan auton. kai houtōs, phēsin, apethane Zacharias.
And when he came out, it says, and wished to say, “Woe to you, whom do you worship?”, the one who had appeared to him inside the temple stopped his mouth so that he could not speak. But when his mouth was opened so that he could speak, then he revealed it to them, and they killed him. And so, it says, Zechariah died.
Luke 1:64 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 23:35 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Zechariah is killed for revealing the vision.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): αὐτοῖο καὶ → αὐτοῖς καὶ.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.12.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:291; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-12-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.12.4Holl GCS 25/31:291
διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ ὁ ἱερεὺς προσετάγη ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦ νομοθετήσαντος, φησίν, ἔχειν κώδωνας, ἱν ὅταν εἰσέρχηται ἱερατεῦσαι, τὸν κτύπον ἀκούων κρύπτηται ὁ προσκυνούμενος, ἵνα μὴ φωραθῇ τὸ ἰνδαλτικὸν αὐτοῦ τῆς μορφῆς πρόσωπον.
dia touto gar ho hiereus prosetagē hypʼ autou tou nomothetēsantos, phēsin, echein kōdōnas, hin hotan eiserchētai hierateusai, ton ktypon akouōn kryptētai ho proskynoumenos, hina mē phōrathę̄ to indaltikon autou tēs morphēs prosōpon.
For this reason, it says, the priest was commanded by the lawgiver himself to wear bells, so that when he went in to serve as priest, the one worshipped might hear the sound and hide, so that the illusory appearance of his form might not be detected.
Exod 28:35 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They explain the high priest's bells as a warning to the ass-shaped god.
- Exod 28:33–35.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter): νομοθετήσαντος, Ι φησίν → νομοθετήσαντος, φησίν.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.12.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:291; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-12-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.12.5Holl GCS 25/31:291
ἔστι δὲ τὸ πᾶν τῆς εὐηθείας αὐτῶν ἐπιτήδευμα εὐθυέλεγκτον καὶ χλεύης ἔμπλεον. εἰ γὰρ ἦν ὅλως ὁρατὸς ό ἱερουργούμενος, οὐδὲ κρυβῆναι ἠδύνατο· εἰ δὲ ὅλως κρυβῆναι ἠδύνατο, οὐκέτι ἠν ὁρατός.
esti de to pan tēs euētheias autōn epitēdeuma euthyelenkton kai chleuēs empleon. ei gar ēn holōs horatos o hierourgoumenos, oude krybēnai ēdynato; ei de holōs krybēnai ēdynato, ouketi ēn horatos.
The whole practice of their silliness is easily refuted and full of ridicule. For if the one worshipped was visible at all, he could not hide; and if he could hide at all, he was no longer visible.
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Summary: A visible god could not hide.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.12.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:291; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-12-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.12.6Holl GCS 25/31:291
καὶ ἑτέρως πάλιν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ῥητέον ὅτι εἰ ὁρατὸς ἡν, σῶμα ἄρα ἠν καὶ οὐκέτι πνεῦμα· εἰ δὲ πνεῦμα ἠν, οὐκέτι ἐν ὁρατοῖς ἐξετάζετι. πῶς οὑν τὸ οὐκ ἐν ὁρατοῖς ἐξεταζόμενον ἀπὸ τοῦ κτύπου τῶν κωδώνων τῆς ἑαυτοῦ συστολῆς προενοεῖτο; > γὰρ τὸ ἀόρατον κατὰ φύσιν οὐκ ἂν ὠπτά- νετο, εἰ μὴ ἤθελεν.
kai heterōs palin pros autous rhēteon hoti ei horatos hēn, sōma ara ēn kai ouketi pneuma; ei de pneuma ēn, ouketi en horatois exetazeti. pōs houn to ouk en horatois exetazomenon apo tou ktypou tōn kōdōnōn tēs heautou systolēs proenoeito? > gar to aoraton kata physin ouk an ōpta- neto, ei mē ēthelen.
And again one must say to them otherwise: if he was visible, he was a body and no longer spirit; but if he was spirit, he was no longer reckoned among visible things. How then did what is not reckoned among visible things take thought to withdraw itself at the sound of the bells? For what is invisible by nature would not be seen unless it wished.
Notes and citation
Summary: A spirit need not hide from sight.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.12.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:291; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-12-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.12.7Holl GCS 25/31:291
εἰ καὶ ὤφθη δέ, οὐκέτι κατὰ ἀνάγκην ἐφαίνετο τῆς φύοντες αὐτὸν ἀγούσης εἰς τὸ φαίνεσθαι, ἀλλὰ κατὰ χάριν, οὐ φόβῳ καὶ προλήψει παρὰ προσδοκίαν ἄνευ κτύπου εἰς τὸ δῆλον καθιστῶν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ὀπτασίαν. καὶ οὕτω κατὰ πάντα τρόπον διέπεσεν ὁ αὐτῶν φευδὴς καὶ παραπεποιημένος λόγος.
ei kai ōphthē de, ouketi kata anankēn ephaineto tēs phyontes auton agousēs eis to phainesthai, alla kata charin, ou phobǭ kai prolēpsei para prosdokian aneu ktypou eis to dēlon kathistōn tēn heautou optasian. kai houtō kata panta tropon diepesen ho autōn pheudēs kai parapepoiēmenos logos.
And even if he were seen, he would not appear by the necessity of a nature driving him to appear, but by grace, making his vision plain without a sound, not out of fear and forewarning, beyond expectation. And so in every way their false and distorted account has collapsed.
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Summary: Their account collapses in every way.
- “Nature” renders the garbled φύοντες (for φύσεως).
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.12.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:291; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-12-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.12.8Holl GCS 25/31:291–292
καὶ πολλά ἐστιν ἄλλα ἃ λέγουσι ληρώδη. * καίτοι γε τοῦ Ζαχαρίου μὴ ἀποκτανθέντος εὐθύς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπιμείναντος μετὰ τὴν τοῦ Ἰωάννου γέννησιν καὶ προφητεύσαντος περί τε Ἰωάννου καὶ περὶ τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ἐνσάρκου γεννήσεως ἀπὸ τῆς ἁγίας παρθένου Μαρίας διὰ πνεύ- ματος ἀγίου, ὡς λέγει καὶ σύ, παιδίον, προφήτης ὑψίστου κληθήσῃ·
kai polla estin alla ha legousi lērōdē. * kaitoi ge tou Zachariou mē apoktanthentos euthys, alla kai epimeinantos meta tēn tou Iōannou gennēsin kai prophēteusantos peri te Iōannou kai peri tēs parousias tou kyriou kai ensarkou gennēseōs apo tēs hagias parthenou Marias dia pneu- matos agiou, hōs legei kai sy, paidion, prophētēs hypsistou klēthēsę̄;
And there are many other silly things they say …; yet Zechariah was not killed at once, but lived on after John's birth and prophesied both about John and about the Lord's coming and his birth in the flesh from the holy Virgin Mary through the Holy Spirit, as he says, “And you, child, shall be called a prophet of the Most High;
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Luke 1:76 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Zechariah lived to prophesy after John's birth.
- Luke 1:76. The asterisk marks a gap.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.12.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:291–292; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-12-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.12.9Holl GCS 25/31:292
προπορεύσῃ γὰρ πρὸ προσώπου κυρίου ἑτοιμάσαι ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ‘, »ἐπιστρέψαι καρδίας πατέρων ἐπὶ τέκνα καὶ ἀπειθεῖς ἐν φρονήσει« καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. πόσα δὲ ἄλλα ἔστιν εἰπεῖν περὶ τῆς αὐτῶν ψευδηγορίας καὶ τοῦ αὐτῶν μιασμοῦ;
proporeusę̄ gar pro prosōpou kyriou hetoimasai hodous autou‘, »epistrepsai kardias paterōn epi tekna kai apeitheis en phronēsei« kai ta hexēs. posa de alla estin eipein peri tēs autōn pseudēgorias kai tou autōn miasmou?
for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,” “to turn the hearts of fathers to children and the disobedient to wisdom,” and so on. How much more could be said about their lying and their defilement?
Luke 1:76 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 1:17 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Zechariah's prophecy refutes their story.
- Luke 1:76; 1:17.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.12.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:292; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-12-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 26, chapter 13
26.13.1Holl GCS 25/31:292
13. Οἱ δὲ Λευῖται παρʼ αὐτοῖς καλούμενοι οὐ μίσγονται γυναιξίν, ἀλλὰ ἀλλήλοις μίσγονται. καὶ οὑτοί εἰσιν οἱ προκριτέοι παρʼ αὐτοῖς δῆθεν καὶ ἐπαινετοί. καταγελῶσι δὲ λοιπὸν τῶν τὴν πολιτείαν ἀσκούντων καὶ ἁγνείαν καὶ παρθενίαν ὡς εἰς μάτην τὸν κάματον ἀναδεδεμένων.
13. Hoi de Leuitai parʼ autois kaloumenoi ou misgontai gynaixin, alla allēlois misgontai. kai houtoi eisin hoi prokriteoi parʼ autois dēthen kai epainetoi. katagelōsi de loipon tōn tēn politeian askountōn kai hagneian kai parthenian hōs eis matēn ton kamaton anadedemenōn.
Those among them called Levites do not have intercourse with women, but with one another. And these are supposedly the preferred and praised among them. And they ridicule those who practice the [ascetic] way of life, purity and virginity, as having undertaken the toil in vain.
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Summary: The “Levites” of the sect practice same-sex intercourse and mock virginity.
- A hostile report.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.13.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:292; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-13-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.13.2Holl GCS 25/31:292
προφέρουσι δὲ εἰς ὄνομα Φιλίππου τοῦ ἁγίου μαθητοῦ εὐαγγέλιον πεπλασμένον, ὅτι, φησίν »ἀπεκάλυψέν μοι ὁ κύριος τί τὴν ψυχὴν δεῖ λέγειν ἐν τῷ ἀνιέναι εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ πῶς ἑκάστῃ τῶν ἄνω δυνάμεων ἀποκρίνεσθαι· ὅτι ἐπέγνων ἐμαυτήν, φησί, καί συνέλεξα ἐμαυτὴν ἐκ πανταχόθεν, καὶ οὐκ ἔσπειρα τέκνα τῷ ἄρχοντι, ἀλλὰ ἐξερρίζωσα τὰς ῥίζας αὐτοῦ καὶ συνέλεξα τὰ μέλη τὰ διεσκορπισμένα, καὶ οἶδά σε τὶς ἔ. ἐγὼ γάρ, φησί, τῶν ἄνωθέν εἰμι«. καὶ οὕτως, φησίν, ἀπολύεται.
propherousi de eis onoma Philippou tou hagiou mathētou euangelion peplasmenon, hoti, phēsin »apekalypsen moi ho kyrios ti tēn psychēn dei legein en tǭ anienai eis ton ouranon kai pōs hekastę̄ tōn anō dynameōn apokrinesthai; hoti epegnōn emautēn, phēsi, kai synelexa emautēn ek pantachothen, kai ouk espeira tekna tǭ archonti, alla exerrizōsa tas rhizas autou kai synelexa ta melē ta dieskorpismena, kai oida se tis e. egō gar, phēsi, tōn anōthen eimi«. kai houtōs, phēsin, apolyetai.
They bring forward a gospel fabricated in the name of Philip the holy disciple, saying, “The Lord revealed to me what the soul must say as it goes up into heaven, and how it must answer each of the powers above: ‘I have recognized myself,’ it says, ‘and gathered myself from everywhere, and I have not sown children for the ruler, but have uprooted his roots and gathered the scattered members, and I know who you are. For I,’ it says, ‘am of those from above.’” And so, it says, it is released.
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Summary: A quotation from a Gospel of Philip.
- This Gospel of Philip is lost; the quotation is not in the Nag Hammadi Gospel of Philip. It has no entry in the site's list of extrabiblical texts.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ψυχὴν ξεῖ λέγειν → ψυχὴν δεῖ λέγειν.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.13.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:292; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-13-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.13.3Holl GCS 25/31:292–293
ἐὰν φησίν, εὑρεθῇ γεννήσασα υἱόν, κατέχεται κάτω ἕως ἂν τὰ ἴδια τέκνα δυνηθῇ ἀναλαβεῖν καὶ ἀναστρέψαι εἰς ἑαυτήν.
ean phēsin, heurethę̄ gennēsasa huion, katechetai katō heōs an ta idia tekna dynēthę̄ analabein kai anastrepsai eis heautēn.
But if, it says, [the soul] is found to have borne a son, it is held below until it can take back its own children and return them to itself.
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Summary: A soul that bore children is held back.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated word): ἐὰν ἐὰν φησίν → ἐὰν φησίν.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.13.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:292–293; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-13-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.13.4Holl GCS 25/31:293
καὶ οὕτως ἐστὶ τὰ ληρώδη αὐτῶν καὶ μυθώδη, ὡς καὶ περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἠλία τολμῶσι βλασφημεῖν καὶ λέγειν ὅτι, φησίν, ὅτε ἀνελήφθη, κατεβλήθη πάλιν εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
kai houtōs esti ta lērōdē autōn kai mythōdē, hōs kai peri tou hagiou Ēlia tolmōsi blasphēmein kai legein hoti, phēsin, hote anelēphthē, kateblēthē palin eis ton kosmon.
And such is their nonsense and myth that they dare to blaspheme even holy Elijah and to say that when he was taken up, he was thrown back down into the world.
2 Kgs 2:11 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: They claim Elijah was cast back to earth.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.13.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:293; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-13-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.13.5Holl GCS 25/31:293
ἦλθεν γάρ, φησίν, μία δαίμων καὶ ἐκράτησε καὶ εἰπεν αὐτῷ ὅτι ποῦ πορεύῃ; ἔχω γὰρ τέκνα ἀπὸ σοῦ, καὶ οὐ δύνασαι ἀνελθεῖν καὶ ὡδε ἀφεῖναι τὰ τέκνα σου. καί, φησίν, λέγει· πόθεν ἔχεις τέκνα ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ ἐγὼ ἤμην ἐν ἁγνείᾳ; λέγει, φησίν· ναί, ὅτε ἐνυπνίοις ἐνυπνιαζόμενος πολλάκις ἐν τῇ ἀπορροίᾳ τῶν σωμάτων ἐκενώθης, ἐγὼ ἤμην ἡ μεταλαβοῦσα ἀπὸ σοῦ τὰ σπέρματα καὶ γεννῶσά σοι υἱούς.
ēlthen gar, phēsin, mia daimōn kai ekratēse kai eipen autǭ hoti pou poreuę̄? echō gar tekna apo sou, kai ou dynasai anelthein kai hōde apheinai ta tekna sou. kai, phēsin, legei; pothen echeis tekna apʼ emou kai egō ēmēn en hagneią? legei, phēsin; nai, hote enypniois enypniazomenos pollakis en tę̄ aporroią tōn sōmatōn ekenōthēs, egō ēmēn hē metalabousa apo sou ta spermata kai gennōsa soi huious.
“For a female demon came,” it says, “and seized him and said to him, Where are you going? For I have children by you, and you cannot go up and leave your children here. And, it says, he says, How do you have children by me, when I was in purity? She says, it says, Yes: when, dreaming dreams, you were often emptied in the emission of the body, I was the one who took the seed from you and bore you sons.”
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Summary: Their story of a demon who bore children from Elijah's nocturnal emissions.
- From an unnamed Gnostic book.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἐκράτησε κοὶ εἰπεν → ἐκράτησε καὶ εἰπεν.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.13.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:293; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-13-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.13.6Holl GCS 25/31:293
πολλὴ δὲ μωρία τῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα λεγόντων. πῶς γὰρ δύναται δαίμων, πνεῦμα ὢν ἀόρατον καὶ ἀσώματον, >ἀπὸ> σωμάτων μεταλαμβάνειν; εἰ δὲ ἀπὸ σωμάτων μεταλαμβάνει καὶ κυϊσκει, οὐκέτι ἐστὶ πνεῦμα, ἀλλὰ σῶμα. σῶμα δὲ ὤν πῶς ἐστιν ἀόρατος καὶ πνεῦμα;
pollē de mōria tōn ta toiauta legontōn. pōs gar dynatai daimōn, pneuma ōn aoraton kai asōmaton, >apo> sōmatōn metalambanein? ei de apo sōmatōn metalambanei kai kyïskei, ouketi esti pneuma, alla sōma. sōma de ōn pōs estin aoratos kai pneuma?
Great is the folly of those who say such things. For how can a demon, being an invisible and bodiless spirit, receive from bodies? And if it receives from bodies and conceives, it is no longer spirit but body. And being body, how is it invisible and spirit?
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Summary: A spirit cannot conceive from bodies.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated word): ὤν πῶς πῶς ἐστιν → ὤν πῶς ἐστιν.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.13.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:293; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-13-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.13.7Holl GCS 25/31:293
καὶ πολλὴ ἀτοπία τῆς αὐτῶν μωρολογίας. βούλονται γὰρ τὴν αὐτῶν μαρτυρίαν τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς τοῦ Ἰούδα μᾶλλον εἰς ἑαυτοὺς δῆθεν ἐπάγεσθαι ἐν τῷ λέγειν »καὶ οἱ μὲν ἐνυπνιαζόμενοι σάρκα μὲν μιαίνουσι, κυριότητα δὲ ἀθετοῦσι, δόξας δὲ βλασφημοῦσιν«. οὐκ εἶπεν δὲ ὁ μακάριος Ἱούδας ὁ ἀδελφὸς τοῦ κυρίου περὶ ἐνυπνιαζομένων ἐν σώμασιν· εὐθὺς γὰρ ἐπιφέρει καὶ δεικνύει ὅτι περὶ τῶν ἐνυπνιαζομένων * λέγει, τῶν λαλούντων ὡς δί ὀνειράτων τὰ αὐτῶν ῥήματα καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἀνανήψει γρηγορήσεως λογισμῶν.
kai pollē atopia tēs autōn mōrologias. boulontai gar tēn autōn martyrian tēn apo tēs epistolēs tou Iouda mallon eis heautous dēthen epagesthai en tǭ legein »kai hoi men enypniazomenoi sarka men miainousi, kyriotēta de athetousi, doxas de blasphēmousin«. ouk eipen de ho makarios Hioudas ho adelphos tou kyriou peri enypniazomenōn en sōmasin; euthys gar epipherei kai deiknyei hoti peri tōn enypniazomenōn * legei, tōn lalountōn hōs di oneiratōn ta autōn rhēmata kai ouk en ananēpsei grēgorēseōs logismōn.
And the absurdity of their foolish talk is great. For they wish to apply to themselves the testimony from the letter of Jude, saying, “And these dreamers defile the flesh, reject lordship, and blaspheme glories.” But blessed Jude, the Lord's brother, did not speak of those who dream in the body; for he immediately adds and shows that he speaks of dreamers … who speak their words as though from dreams and not in the sobriety of wakeful reasoning.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Jude 1:8 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Jude's “dreamers” are false teachers, not sleepers.
- Jude 8. The asterisk marks a gap.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated word): τὴν τὴν αὐτῶν → τὴν αὐτῶν.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.13.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:293; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-13-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.13.8Holl GCS 25/31:293–294
καὶ γὰρ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ διδασκάλων λέγει Ἠσαίας »πάντες κύνες ἐνεοὶ οὐ δυνάμενοι ὑλακτεῖν, ἐνυπνιαζόμενοι καίτην« καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, καὶ ὡδε δὲ ἐν τῇ τοῦ Ἰούδα ἐπιστολῇ δείκνυσι λέγων, »[ἐνυπνιαζόμενοι κοίτην, ] ἃ οὐκ οἴδασι λέγοντες«. καὶ ἔδειξεν ὅτι οὐ περὶ τῆς ἐνυπνιάσεως τοῦ ὕπνου λέγει, ἁλλὰ περὶ τῆς μυθώδους αὐτῶν τρα- γῳδίας καὶ ληρολογίας, ὡς διὰ ὕπνου λεγομένης καὶ οὐκ ἀπὸ ἐρρω- μένης διανοίας.
kai gar kai peri tōn en Hierousalēm didaskalōn legei Ēsaias »pantes kynes eneoi ou dynamenoi hylaktein, enypniazomenoi kaitēn« kai ta hexēs, kai hōde de en tę̄ tou Iouda epistolę̄ deiknysi legōn, »[enypniazomenoi koitēn, ] ha ouk oidasi legontes«. kai edeixen hoti ou peri tēs enypniaseōs tou hypnou legei, halla peri tēs mythōdous autōn tra- gǭdias kai lērologias, hōs dia hypnou legomenēs kai ouk apo errō- menēs dianoias.
For Isaiah also says of the teachers in Jerusalem, “All dumb dogs, unable to bark, dreaming of bed,” and so on; and so here in the letter of Jude he shows it, saying, “speaking of things they do not know.” And he showed that he speaks not of dreaming in sleep, but of their mythical tragedy and nonsense, spoken as though in sleep and not from a sound mind.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Isa 56:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Jude 1:10 (quotation, medium confidence)
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Summary: Isaiah and Jude use “dreaming” of false teachers.
- Isa 56:10 LXX; Jude 10. The editor deletes a repeated phrase [ἐνυπνιαζόμενοι κοίτην].
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated word in place of the negative (cf. Isa 56:10)): ἐνεοὶ ἐνεοὶ δυνάμενοι → ἐνεοὶ οὐ δυνάμενοι.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.13.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:293–294; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-13-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 26, chapter 14
26.14.1Holl GCS 25/31:294
14. Περιχακῶ δὲ ὡς ἀληθῶς τὰ πάντα ἐξειπεῖν. θεοῦ γάρ ἐστι μόνου ἀποκλεῖσαι τὸν βυθὸν τῆς δυσοσμίας ταύτης. καὶ παρελεύσομαι ἐκ τοῦ τόπου, εὐξάμενος τῷ παμβασιλεῖ θεῷ μηδένα εἰς τὸν βόρβορον ἐγκαταπαγῆναι μηδὲ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἔννοιαν μεταλαβεῖν τῆς δυσώδους ἀκαθαρσίας.
14. Perichakō de hōs alēthōs ta panta exeipein. theou gar esti monou apokleisai ton bython tēs dysosmias tautēs. kai pareleusomai ek tou topou, euxamenos tǭ pambasilei theǭ mēdena eis ton borboron enkatapagēnai mēde autou tēn ennoian metalabein tēs dysōdous akatharsias.
I am truly weary of telling everything. For it belongs to God alone to shut up the depth of this stench. And I shall leave the place, praying to God the King of all that no one may be stuck in the mire, nor even take in the thought of its stinking uncleanness.
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Summary: Epiphanius prays that no one fall into the sect.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.14.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:294; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-14-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.14.2Holl GCS 25/31:294
πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ ὁ ἀπόστολος Παῦλος ἐκκόπτει αὐτῶν πᾶσαν ῥίζαν τῆς κακίας, περὶ χηρῶν νεωτέρων παραγέλλων χήρας‘ φησίν »νεωτέρας παραιτοῦ· μετὰ γὰρ τὸ καταστρηνιᾶσαι τοῦ Χριστοῦ γαμεῖν θέλουσιν, ἔχουσαι κρίμα, ὅτι τὴν πρώτην πίστιν ἀθέτησαν«· »ἀλλὰ γαμείτωσαν τεκνοποιείτωσαν οἰκοδε- σποτείτωσαν‘.
prōton men gar ho apostolos Paulos ekkoptei autōn pasan rhizan tēs kakias, peri chērōn neōterōn paragellōn chēras‘ phēsin »neōteras paraitou; meta gar to katastrēniasai tou Christou gamein thelousin, echousai krima, hoti tēn prōtēn pistin athetēsan«; »alla gameitōsan teknopoieitōsan oikode- spoteitōsan‘.
For first the apostle Paul cuts out every root of their wickedness, instructing about younger widows: “Refuse younger widows,” he says; “for when they grow wanton against Christ they wish to marry, incurring condemnation because they have set aside their first faith”; “but let them marry, bear children, manage their households.”
1 Tim 5:11 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 5:12 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 5:14 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Paul commands younger widows to marry and bear children.
- 1 Tim 5:11–12, 14.
Topics: Marriage, Remarriage, Divorce and remarriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.14.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:294; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-14-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.14.3Holl GCS 25/31:294
εἰ δὲ ὁ ἀπόστολος λέγει τεδνογονεῖν οἰκοδεσποτεῖν], οὑτοι δὲ παραιτοῦνται τὴν τεκνογονίαν, ὄφεώς ἐστι καὶ κακῆς διδασκαλίας τὸ ἐπιχείρημα. ἡττώμενοι γὰρ τῇ ἡδονῇ τῆς πορνείας ἐπινοοῦσιν ἑαυτοῖς ἀκαθαρσίας προφάσεις, ὅπως δόξωσι πληροφορεῖν τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἀσέλγειαν.
ei de ho apostolos legei tednogonein oikodespotein], houtoi de paraitountai tēn teknogonian, opheōs esti kai kakēs didaskalias to epicheirēma. hēttōmenoi gar tę̄ hēdonę̄ tēs porneias epinoousin heautois akatharsias prophaseis, hopōs doxōsi plērophorein tēn heautōn aselgeian.
If the apostle says to bear children and manage the household, while these refuse childbearing, the undertaking is the serpent's and of evil teaching. For, overcome by the pleasure of sexual immorality, they invent pretexts of uncleanness for themselves, so as to seem to give assurance to their licentiousness.
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Summary: Refusing childbearing contradicts Paul.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.14.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:294; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-14-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.14.4Holl GCS 25/31:294
καὶ ἔδει μὲν ἀληθῶς ταῦτα μήτε λέγεσθαι μήτε ἐν συντάγμασι καταξιοῦσθαι γράφεσθαι, θάπτεσθαι δὲ ὥσπερ νεκρόν τινα όόωδότα καὶ λοιμώδη ἀποφορὰν πνέοντα, ἴνα μὴ καὶ διὰ τῆς ἀκοῆς λυμήνηται τοὺς ἀνθρώπους.
kai edei men alēthōs tauta mēte legesthai mēte en syntagmasi kataxiousthai graphesthai, thaptesthai de hōsper nekron tina ooōdota kai loimōdē apophoran pneonta, ina mē kai dia tēs akoēs lymēnētai tous anthrōpous.
And truly these things ought neither to be said nor thought worthy of being written in treatises, but buried like a stinking corpse breathing a pestilential exhalation, so that they may not harm people even through hearing.
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Summary: Such things ought to be buried, not written.
- “Stinking” renders the garbled όόωδότα (ὀδωδότα).
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.14.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:294; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-14-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.14.5Holl GCS 25/31:294
καὶ εἰ μὲν παρεληλύθει ἡ τοιαύτη αἵρεσις καὶ οὐκέτι ἦν ἐν τῷ βίῳ, ἀγαθὸν ἦν ταύτην θάψαι καὶ μήτε ὅλως περὶ αὐτῆς εἰπεῖν. ἐπειδὴ δὲ καὶ ἔστι καὶ πράττεται, προετράπημεν δὲ ὑπὸ τῆς ὑμῶν τιμιότητος περὶ πάντων εἰπεῖν, μέρη αὐτῆς διηγησάμην ἀναγκασθείς, ἵνα τὸ φιλάληθες μὴ παρασιω- πήσω, ἀλλὰ ὑφηγήσωμαι εἰς ἀποτροπὴν μὲν τῶν ἀκουόντων, εἰς ἐξαγωγὴν δὲ τῶν πραττόντων.
kai ei men parelēlythei hē toiautē hairesis kai ouketi ēn en tǭ biǭ, agathon ēn tautēn thapsai kai mēte holōs peri autēs eipein. epeidē de kai esti kai prattetai, proetrapēmen de hypo tēs hymōn timiotētos peri pantōn eipein, merē autēs diēgēsamēn anankastheis, hina to philalēthes mē parasiō- pēsō, alla hyphēgēsōmai eis apotropēn men tōn akouontōn, eis exagōgēn de tōn prattontōn.
And if such a sect had passed away and no longer existed, it would be good to bury it and say nothing at all about it. But since it both exists and is practiced, and we were urged by your honors to speak of all, I have described parts of it under compulsion, so as not to pass the truth over in silence, but to set it out for the turning away of the hearers and the rescue of those who practice it.
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Summary: Epiphanius explains why he describes the sect.
- “Your honors” refers to the addressees who asked him to write (Acacius and Paul, named in the prefatory letter).
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.14.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:294; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-14-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.14.6Holl GCS 25/31:294
πόθεν γὰρ οὐκ ἔχομεν δεῖξαι τοὺς παρʼ αὐτοῖς φόνους καὶ τερατώδη ἔργα καὶ τελετὰς διαβόλου ἐξ ἐπινοίας > τοῦ αὐτοῦ διαβόλου τοῖς ἐμβεβροντημένοις δοθείσας;
pothen gar ouk echomen deixai tous parʼ autois phonous kai teratōdē erga kai teletas diabolou ex epinoias > tou autou diabolou tois embebrontēmenois dotheisas?
For from where can we not show their murders, monstrous deeds, and rites of the devil, given to the thunderstruck by the invention of the same devil?
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Summary: Their deeds are the devil's inventions.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.14.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:294; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-14-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 26, chapter 15
26.15.1Holl GCS 25/31:294–295
15. Καὶ εὐθὺς μὲν οὑν ἐλέγχονται εἰς ὅ φαντασιοῦνται καὶ προφασίζονται περὶ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ ψαλμῷ εἰρημένου ὅτι »δώσει τὸν καρπὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ φύλλον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀπορρυησεται«. ἀνωτέρω γὰρ κεῖται οτι »ἐν τῷ νόμῳ κυρίου το θέλημα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτοῦ μελετήσει ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός‘.
15. Kai euthys men houn elenchontai eis ho phantasiountai kai prophasizontai peri tou xylou tou en tǭ prōtǭ psalmǭ eirēmenou hoti »dōsei ton karpon autou en kairǭ autou kai to phyllon autou ouk aporryēsetai«. anōterō gar keitai oti »en tǭ nomǭ kyriou to thelēma autou kai en tǭ nomǭ autou meletēsei hēmeras kai nyktos‘.
And they are at once refuted in the fantasy and pretext they make about the tree spoken of in the first psalm, that “it will yield its fruit in its season and its leaf shall not fall off.” For above it stands, “His will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he will meditate day and night.”
Ps 1:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 1:2 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Psalm 1 speaks of delight in God's law.
- Ps 1:3, 2.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.15.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:294–295; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-15-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.15.2Holl GCS 25/31:295
νόμον δὲ οὗτοι καὶ προφήτας ἀρνοῦνται. εἰ δὲ νόμον κυρίου ἀρνοῦνται, σὺν τῷ νόμῳ καὶ τὸν λαλήσαντα ἐν τῷ νόμῳ συκοφαντοῦ- σιν· πλανῶνται δὲ καθʼ ὑπόνοιαν καὶ ἐκπεπτώκασιν τῆς ἀληθείας, κρίσιν τε οὐχ ἡγοῦνται οὔτε ἀνάστασιν ὁμολογοῦσιν.
nomon de houtoi kai prophētas arnountai. ei de nomon kyriou arnountai, syn tǭ nomǭ kai ton lalēsanta en tǭ nomǭ sykophantou- sin; planōntai de kathʼ hyponoian kai ekpeptōkasin tēs alētheias, krisin te ouch hēgountai oute anastasin homologousin.
But these deny the law and the prophets. And if they deny the law of the Lord, together with the law they slander the one who spoke in the law. They go astray in their notions and have fallen from the truth; they do not believe in judgment nor confess the resurrection.
Notes and citation
Summary: They deny the law, judgment, and resurrection.
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.15.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:295; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-15-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.15.3Holl GCS 25/31:295
ὅσα δὲ πράττουσιν ἐν τῷ σώματι ἡδονῆς ἔμπλεοι γινόμενοι ταῦτα ἀποκαρποῦνται ἐκβακχευόμενοι ταῖς τοῦ διαβόλου ἡδοναῖς τε καὶ ἐπιθυμίαις, ὡς πάντῃ τε καὶ πανταχοῦ ἐλέγχονται ἀπὸ τοῦ τῆς ἀληθείας λόγου·
hosa de prattousin en tǭ sōmati hēdonēs empleoi ginomenoi tauta apokarpountai ekbakcheuomenoi tais tou diabolou hēdonais te kai epithymiais, hōs pantę̄ te kai pantachou elenchontai apo tou tēs alētheias logou;
Whatever they do in the body, filled with pleasure, they reap, revelling in the devil's pleasures and desires, so that they are refuted everywhere and in every way by the word of truth.
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Summary: They are refuted on every side.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.15.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:295; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-15-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.15.4Holl GCS 25/31:295
Ἰωάννης γὰρ λέγει »εἴ τις ἔρχεται«, φησί, »πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ οὐ φέρει τὴν διδαχὴν ταύτην‘. καὶ ποίαν φησίν; »εἴ τις οὐχ ὁμολογεῖ Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα, ἀντίχριστός ἀστι«. »καὶ νῦν ἀντίχριστοι πολλοὶ γεγόνασιν«, ὡς τῶν μὴ ὁμολογούντων τὸν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα ἀντιχρίστων ὑπαρχόντων. ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ σωτὴρ λέγει »οἱ καταξιωθέντες τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν οὕτε γαμοῦσιν οὔτε γαμίζονται ἀλλʼ ἰσάγγελοί εἰσιν( οὐ μόνον δέ,
Iōannēs gar legei »ei tis erchetai«, phēsi, »pros hymas, kai ou pherei tēn didachēn tautēn‘. kai poian phēsin? »ei tis ouch homologei Christon en sarki elēlythota, antichristos asti«. »kai nyn antichristoi polloi gegonasin«, hōs tōn mē homologountōn ton Christon en sarki elēlythota antichristōn hyparchontōn. alla kai autos ho sōtēr legei »hoi kataxiōthentes tēs basileias tōn ouranōn houte gamousin oute gamizontai allʼ isangeloi eisin( ou monon de,
For John says, “If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching.” And what teaching, he says? “If anyone does not confess Christ come in the flesh, he is antichrist.” “And now many antichrists have come,” since those who do not confess Christ come in the flesh are antichrists. And the Savior himself says, “Those counted worthy of the kingdom of heaven neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are equal to angels.” And not only so,
2 John 1:10 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 John 4:3 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 John 2:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 20:35 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 20:36 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: John and Jesus refute them.
- 2 John 10, 7; 1 John 4:3; 2:18; Luke 20:35–36.
Topics: Christology, Marriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.15.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:295; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-15-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.15.6Holl GCS 25/31:295
ἀλλὰ καὶ ἴνα δείξῃ τὴν σαφῆ ἁγνείαν καὶ τὴν διὰ τοῦ ἐδιάζειν ἁγιαστείαν, φάσκει τῇ Μαριάμ »μή μου ἅπτου· οὔπω γὰρ ἀναβέβηκα πρὸς τὸν πατέρα«, ἵνα δείξῃ τὴν ἁγνείαν ἀμέτοχον σωμάτων καὶ ἀμιγῆ.
alla kai ina deixę̄ tēn saphē hagneian kai tēn dia tou ediazein hagiasteian, phaskei tę̄ Mariam »mē mou haptou; oupō gar anabebēka pros ton patera«, hina deixę̄ tēn hagneian ametochon sōmatōn kai amigē.
but also, to show clear purity and the holiness that comes by living apart, he says to Mary, “Do not touch me; for I have not yet ascended to the Father,” to show a purity without contact or mingling with bodies.
John 20:17 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Christ's “Do not touch me” shows purity.
- John 20:17. “Living apart” renders the garbled ἐδιάζειν (ἰδιάζειν).
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.15.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:295; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-15-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.15.7Holl GCS 25/31:295
ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν ἄλλῳ τόπῳ λέγει προθεσπίζον τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα καὶ διὰ τοὺς πρώην καὶ > μετέπειτα »μακαρία στεῖρα ἡ ἀμίαντος ἥτις οὐκ ἔγνω κοίτην ἐν παραπτώματι καὶ εὐνοῦχος ὃς οὐκ εἰργάσατο ἐν χεροὶν ἀνόμημα«, ἴνα παρακόψῃ τὰ διὰ τοῦ μύθου αὐτῶν ἐν χερσὶν αἰσχρουργηματα.
alla kai en allǭ topǭ legei prothespizon to hagion pneuma kai dia tous prōēn kai > metepeita »makaria steira hē amiantos hētis ouk egnō koitēn en paraptōmati kai eunouchos hos ouk eirgasato en cheroin anomēma«, ina parakopsę̄ ta dia tou mythou autōn en chersin aischrourgēmata.
And in another place the Holy Spirit says, prophesying beforehand because of those of earlier and later times, “Blessed is the barren woman who is undefiled, who has not known a bed in transgression, and the eunuch who has not done lawlessness with his hands,” to cut off the obscenities done with the hands through their myth.
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Summary: Wisdom blesses the undefiled barren woman and eunuch.
- Wis 3:13–14, freely quoted.
Extrabiblical texts: Wis 3:13 (Wisdom of Solomon [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.15.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:295; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-15-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 26, chapter 16
26.16.1Holl GCS 25/31:295–296
16. Πόσα δὲ ἄλλα ἔστιν εἰπεῖν, ὡς τοῦ ἀποστόλου λέγοντος πῆ μἐν »ὁ ἄγαμος καὶ ἡ παρθένος μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κυρίου, πῶς ἀρέσει τῷ κυρίῳ« — τοῦτο δέ φησι δεῖξαι τὴν ἁγνείαν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, ἐκ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐπιτρεπόμενος οὐ παρέργως —, ἔπειτα δὲ περὶ τῶν τὸν γάμον ἐχόντων τὸν σεμνὸν λέγοντος τίμιος ὁ γάμος καὶ ἡ κοίτη ἀμίαντος, πόρνους δὲ καὶ μοιχοὺς κρινεῖ ὁ θεός‘.
16. Posa de alla estin eipein, hōs tou apostolou legontos pē men »ho agamos kai hē parthenos merimną ta tou kyriou, pōs aresei tǭ kyriǭ« — touto de phēsi deixai tēn hagneian en alētheią, ek tou hagiou pneumatos epitrepomenos ou parergōs —, epeita de peri tōn ton gamon echontōn ton semnon legontos timios ho gamos kai hē koitē amiantos, pornous de kai moichous krinei ho theos‘.
How much else could be said, as the apostle says in one place, “The unmarried man and the virgin care for the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord”—he says this to show purity in truth, directed not idly by the Holy Spirit—and then about those who have honorable marriage, “Marriage is honorable and the bed undefiled, but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.”
1 Cor 7:32 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 7:34 (quotation, medium confidence) · Heb 13:4 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Paul praises both virginity and honorable marriage.
- 1 Cor 7:32, 34; Heb 13:4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Πίσα δὲ → Πόσα δὲ.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.16.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:295–296; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-16-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.16.2Holl GCS 25/31:296
ἀλλὰ καὶ κατʼ αὐτῶν ἐκβοᾷ γράφων Ῥωμαίοις, τὰ αἰσχρὰ ἀποκαλύπτων τῶν τὰς κακοπραγίας ἐργαζομένων, λέγων αἱ τε γὰρ θήλειαι αὐτῶν μετήλλαξαν τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν‘ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀρρένων, ὄντι »ἄρρενες ἐν ἄρρεσι τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην κατεργαζόμενοι«·
alla kai katʼ autōn ekboą graphōn Rhōmaiois, ta aischra apokalyptōn tōn tas kakopragias ergazomenōn, legōn hai te gar thēleiai autōn metēllaxan tēn physikēn chrēsin eis tēn para physin‘ kai peri tōn arrenōn, onti »arrenes en arresi tēn aschēmosynēn katergazomenoi«;
And he cries out against them, writing to the Romans, uncovering the obscenities of those who do evil deeds, saying, “For their women exchanged natural use for what is against nature,” and of the males, that “males with males committing shamelessness.”
Rom 1:26 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 1:27 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Paul's condemnation in Romans 1 applies to them.
- Rom 1:26–27.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.16.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:296; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-16-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.16.3Holl GCS 25/31:296
ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῇ πρὸς Τιμόθεον ἐπιστολῇ περὶ τούτων λέγει ὅτι ἐν ἐσχάταις ταις ἡμέραις ἐνστήσονται καιροὶ χαλεποί· ἔσονται γὰρ οἱ ἄνθρωποι φιλήδονοι«, καὶ πάλιν κωλυόντων γαμεῖν, κεκαυτηριασμένων τὴν συνείδησιν‘,
alla kai en tę̄ pros Timotheon epistolę̄ peri toutōn legei hoti en eschatais tais hēmerais enstēsontai kairoi chalepoi; esontai gar hoi anthrōpoi philēdonoi«, kai palin kōlyontōn gamein, kekautēriasmenōn tēn syneidēsin‘,
And in the letter to Timothy he says of them that “in the last days difficult times will come; for people will be lovers of pleasure,” and again, “forbidding marriage, seared in conscience,”
2 Tim 3:1 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Tim 3:4 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 4:3 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 4:2 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Paul's warnings to Timothy apply to them.
- 2 Tim 3:1–2, 4; 1 Tim 4:2–3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): καὶ πόλιν κωλυόντων → καὶ πάλιν κωλυόντων.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.16.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:296; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-16-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.16.4Holl GCS 25/31:296
ὅτι τὸ μὲν γαμεῖν μετὰ σωφροσύνης καὶ τεκνογονεῖν κωλύουσι, καιόμενοι δέ εἰσι τῇ συνειδήσει, λαγνεύοντες μὲν καὶ φθειρόμενοι, κωλύοντες δὲ τεκνογονεῖν.
hoti to men gamein meta sōphrosynēs kai teknogonein kōlyousi, kaiomenoi de eisi tę̄ syneidēsei, lagneuontes men kai phtheiromenoi, kōlyontes de teknogonein.
because they forbid marrying with self-control and bearing children, and are burned in their conscience, being lustful and corrupting themselves, but forbidding childbearing.
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Summary: They forbid chaste marriage and childbearing.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.16.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:296; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-16-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.16.5Holl GCS 25/31:296
καὶ γὰρ καὶ αὐτὴ ἡ παρʼ αὐτοῖς λεγομένη θυσία, βορβορώδης τις οὖσα, ἤδη καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνέκαθεν διὰ τοῦ προφήτου ὑποδείκνυται οφεως οὖσα σὰρξ καὶ οὐχὶ τοῦ κυρίου μὴ γένοιτο), λέγοντος οὕτως ὅτι »σὺ συνέτριψας τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ δράκοντος καὶ ἔδωκας αὐτὸν βρῶμα λαοῖς τοῖς Αἰθίοψι«.
kai gar kai autē hē parʼ autois legomenē thysia, borborōdēs tis ousa, ēdē kai apo tōn anekathen dia tou prophētou hypodeiknytai opheōs ousa sarx kai ouchi tou kyriou mē genoito), legontos houtōs hoti »sy synetripsas tēn kephalēn tou drakontos kai edōkas auton brōma laois tois Aithiopsi«.
For their so-called sacrifice, being a filthy thing, is already shown from of old through the prophet to be the flesh of the serpent and not of the Lord (God forbid), when he says, “You crushed the head of the dragon and gave him as food to the peoples, the Ethiopians.”
Ps 74:14 (73:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Their rite is the serpent's flesh, foretold in the Psalms.
- Ps 74:14 (73:14 LXX).
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.16.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:296; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-16-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.16.6Holl GCS 25/31:296
βρῶμα γὰρ ὡς ἀληθῶς ὄφεως ἡ τούτων μυσαρὰ θρῃσκεία καὶ Αἰθίοπες μεμελανωμένοι τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ οἱ ταύτην τὴν τελετὴν τοῦ νῦν μὲν δαίμονος Διὸς πάλαι δὲ γόητος,
brōma gar hōs alēthōs opheōs hē toutōn mysara thrę̄skeia kai Aithiopes memelanōmenoi tę̄ hamartią hoi tautēn tēn teletēn tou nyn men daimonos Dios palai de goētos,
For truly their abominable religion is the serpent's food, and those who perform this rite are Ethiopians blackened with sin, [the rite] of Zeus, now a demon but formerly a sorcerer,
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Summary: Their rite is traced to Zeus.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.16.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:296; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-16-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.16.7Holl GCS 25/31:296
τοῦ παρά τισι θεοῦ μάτην νενομισμένου τελοῦντες. ἐκ γὰρ Ἑλληνικῶν μύθων πᾶσαι αἱ αἱρέσεις συνάξασαι ἑαυταῖς τὴν πλάνην μετέβαλον, μεταποιήσασαι εἰς ἄλλην διάνοιαν χείρονα.
tou para tisi theou matēn nenomismenou telountes. ek gar Hellēnikōn mythōn pasai hai haireseis synaxasai heautais tēn planēn metebalon, metapoiēsasai eis allēn dianoian cheirona.
vainly thought a god by some. For all the sects gathered their error from Greek myths and changed it, remodeling it into another, worse sense.
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Summary: All sects draw on Greek myth.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.16.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:296; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-16-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.16.8Holl GCS 25/31:296–297
παρεισφέρουσι γὰρ οἱ ποιηταὶ τὸν Δία τὴν Μῆτιν θυγατέρα ἑαυτοῦ καταπιόντα. βρέφος δὲ οὐκ ἄν τις καταπίοι, ὡς καὶ ὁ ἅγιος Κλήμης καταγελῶν τῆς τῶν θεῶν τῶν Ἑλλήνων αἰσ- χρουργίας εἶπεν ὅτι τὴν Μῆτιν καταπιὼν οὐχὶ τὸ βρέφος ἠδύνατο καταπιεῖν, ἀλλὰ τὴν γονὴν τὴν ἰδίαν * σημαίνων.
pareispherousi gar hoi poiētai ton Dia tēn Mētin thygatera heautou katapionta. brephos de ouk an tis katapioi, hōs kai ho hagios Klēmēs katagelōn tēs tōn theōn tōn Hellēnōn ais- chrourgias eipen hoti tēn Mētin katapiōn ouchi to brephos ēdynato katapiein, alla tēn gonēn tēn idian * sēmainōn.
For the poets introduce Zeus swallowing Metis, his own daughter. But no one could swallow an infant, as holy Clement also said, mocking the obscenity of the gods of the Greeks: that in swallowing Metis he could not swallow the infant, but … signifying his own seed.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: Clement explained the myth of Zeus swallowing Metis obscenely.
- Hesiod, Theogony 886–890. The passage of Clement of Alexandria is not identified. The asterisk marks a gap.
Extrabiblical texts: Hesiod, Theog. 886 (Hesiod, Theogony; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.16.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:296–297; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-16-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 26, chapter 17
26.17.1Holl GCS 25/31:297
17. Τί δὲ ἕτερον εἴποιμι; ἢ πῶς ἀποσείσομαι τὸν πηλώδη τοῦτον πόνον, βουλόμενος μὲν εἰπεῖν καὶ μr̀ι βουλόμενος, ἀναγκαζόμενος δέ, ἴνα μὴ δόξω τι τῶν ὄντων παρακρύπτειν, καὶ φοβούμενος ἵνα μὴ ἀποκαλύπτων τὰ δεινὰ αὐτῶν ἢ χράνω ἢ πλήξω ἢ εἰς τὸ περιερ- γάσασθαι περὶ τούτου τοὺς ἀπαγομένους ἡδοναῖς καὶ ἐπιθυμίαις ἐπο- τρύνω.
17. Ti de heteron eipoimi? ē pōs aposeisomai ton pēlōdē touton ponon, boulomenos men eipein kai mri boulomenos, anankazomenos de, ina mē doxō ti tōn ontōn parakryptein, kai phoboumenos hina mē apokalyptōn ta deina autōn ē chranō ē plēxō ē eis to perier- gasasthai peri toutou tous apagomenous hēdonais kai epithymiais epo- trynō.
What else shall I say? Or how shall I shake off this muddy labor, wishing and not wishing to speak, but compelled, so as not to seem to hide anything that exists, and fearing lest by uncovering their terrible deeds I either defile or shock, or stir up those led by pleasures and desires to inquire curiously into this?
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Summary: Epiphanius hesitates before a personal account.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.17.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:297; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-17-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.17.2Holl GCS 25/31:297
ὅμως ἐγὼ μὲν ἀθῷος εἴην καὶ πᾶσα ἡ τῆς ἁγίας καθολικῆς ἐκκλησίας † ἐλπὶς καὶ πάντες οἱ τούτῳ τῷ γράμματι ἐντυγχάνοντες ἀπὸ τῆς τοιαύτης τοῦ διαβόλου ὑποσπορᾶς καὶ κακομηχανίαις·
homōs egō men athǭos eiēn kai pasa hē tēs hagias katholikēs ekklēsias † elpis kai pantes hoi toutǭ tǭ grammati entynchanontes apo tēs toiautēs tou diabolou hyposporas kai kakomēchaniais;
Yet may I be innocent, and the whole … hope of the holy catholic church, and all who read this writing, of such sowing and schemes of the devil;
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: May readers be kept innocent of the devil's schemes.
- A dagger marks ἐλπίς as corrupt.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.17.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:297; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-17-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.17.3Holl GCS 25/31:297
ἐὰν γὰρ <ἀνα>λάβω λέγειν τὰ ἄλλα τὰ παρʼ αὐτοῖς λεγόμενα καὶ γινόμενα ὅσα ἐστὶ τοιαῦτα καὶ τοσαῦτα, καὶ τούτων ἔτι μείζονα καὶ † ἐλάττω, θελήσω δὲ καὶ ὡς φάρμακον ἰάσεως ἀλεξητήριον ἀντιδότων δίκην πρὸς ἑκάστην λέξιν ἀντιθεῖναι, εἰς πολὺν ὄγκον ἐλάσω τῆς συντάξεως τὴν πραγματείαν.
ean gar <ana>labō legein ta alla ta parʼ autois legomena kai ginomena hosa esti toiauta kai tosauta, kai toutōn eti meizona kai † elattō, thelēsō de kai hōs pharmakon iaseōs alexētērion antidotōn dikēn pros hekastēn lexin antitheinai, eis polyn onkon elasō tēs syntaxeōs tēn pragmateian.
for if I undertake to tell the other things said and done among them, so many and of such a kind, and greater still and … lesser, and wish to set against each statement a healing remedy like an antidote, I shall swell the work of this treatise to a great bulk.
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Summary: He will not recount everything.
- A dagger marks ἐλάττω as corrupt.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.17.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:297; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-17-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.17.4Holl GCS 25/31:297
ταύτῃ γὰρ τῇ αἱρέσει, ἐπιπόθητοι, καὶ αὐτὸς περιέτυχον, ἐκ στόματος δὲ τῶν ταύτην ἐπιχειρούντων φύσει αὐτὰ αὐτοπροσώπως ἐνηχήθην· γυναῖκες δὲ οὕτως ἠπατημέναι οὐ μόνον τὴν λαλιὰν ταύτην ἡμῖν προέτειναν καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἡμῖν ἀπεκάλυψαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ κατὰ τὴν Αἰγυπτίαν ἐκείνην τὴν τοῦ ἀρχιμαγείρου τὴν ἀλετήριον καὶ μοχθηρὰν καὶ αὐται χρυσογλώττῳ τόλμῃ κατασπάσαι ἡμᾶς ἐν τῇ νέᾳ ἡμῶν ἡλικίᾳ ὀρεχθεῖσαι ἐπεχείρουν.
tautę̄ gar tę̄ hairesei, epipothētoi, kai autos perietychon, ek stomatos de tōn tautēn epicheirountōn physei auta autoprosōpōs enēchēthēn; gynaikes de houtōs ēpatēmenai ou monon tēn lalian tautēn hēmin proeteinan kai ta toiauta hēmin apekalypsan, alla kai kata tēn Aigyptian ekeinēn tēn tou archimageirou tēn aletērion kai mochthēran kai autai chrysoglōttǭ tolmę̄ kataspasai hēmas en tę̄ neą hēmōn hēlikią orechtheisai epecheiroun.
For I myself, beloved, happened upon this sect, and was told these things face to face from the mouths of those who practice it. Women so deceived not only offered us this talk and revealed such things to us, but, like that deadly and wicked Egyptian woman, the wife of the chief cook, they too, with golden-tongued audacity, tried in their desire to drag us down in our youth.
Gen 39:7 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Epiphanius recounts that Gnostic women tried to seduce him in his youth.
- Gen 39:7–12; “chief cook” is the Septuagint title of Potiphar.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.17.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:297; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-17-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.17.5Holl GCS 25/31:297
ἀλλὰ ὁ τότε συμπαραστὰς τῷ ἁγίῳ Ἱωσὴφ καὶ ἡμῖν παρέστη. καὶ τὸν ἐκεῖνον ἐκεῖ ῥυσάμενον ἐπικεκλημένοι οἱ ἀνάξιοι καὶ ἀνίκανοι, ἐλεηθέντας καὶ ἀποδράντες τὰς ἀλιτηρίους αὐτῶν χεῖρας, θεῷ τῷ παναγίῳ ὕμνον ᾄσαντες ἠδυνήθημεν καὶ αὐτοὶ λέγειν τό »ᾄσωμεν τῷ κυρίῳ, ἐνδόξως γὰρ δεδόξασται, ἵππον καὶ ἀναβάτην ἐ̓ρριψεν εἰς θάλασσαν«.
alla ho tote symparastas tǭ hagiǭ Hiōsēph kai hēmin parestē. kai ton ekeinon ekei rhysamenon epikeklēmenoi hoi anaxioi kai anikanoi, eleēthentas kai apodrantes tas alitērious autōn cheiras, theǭ tǭ panagiǭ hymnon ąsantes ēdynēthēmen kai autoi legein to »ąsōmen tǭ kyriǭ, endoxōs gar dedoxastai, hippon kai anabatēn erripsen eis thalassan«.
But the one who then stood by holy Joseph stood by us too. Calling on him who rescued Joseph there, we, unworthy and incapable, were shown mercy and escaped their wicked hands, and, singing a hymn to the all-holy God, we too could say, “Let us sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; horse and rider he has thrown into the sea.”
Exod 15:1 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: God rescued him as he rescued Joseph.
- Exod 15:1 LXX.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.17.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:297; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-17-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.17.6Holl GCS 25/31:297–298
οὐ γὰρ ὁμοίᾳ δυνάμει τῆς ἐκείνου δικαιοσύνης, ἀλλὰ στεναγμῷ τῷ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἐλεηθέντες ἐσώθημεν. ὀνειδιζόμενος γὰρ ὑπ΄ αὐτῶν τῶν όλετηρίων γυναικῶν κατεγέλων ἐγώ, ὡς ὑπέφαινον αἱ τοιαῦται ἀλλήλαις ἐπισχώπτουσαι δῆθεν), ὅτι οὐκ ὴδυνήθημεν σῶσαι τὸν νεανίσκον, ἀλλὰ ἀφήκαμεν αὐτὸν ἐν χερσὶ τοῦ ἄρχοντος ἀπόλλυσθαι·
ou gar homoią dynamei tēs ekeinou dikaiosynēs, alla stenagmǭ tǭ pros ton theon eleēthentes esōthēmen. oneidizomenos gar hyp΄ autōn tōn oletēriōn gynaikōn kategelōn egō, hōs hypephainon hai toiautai allēlais epischōptousai dēthen), hoti ouk ēdynēthēmen sōsai ton neaniskon, alla aphēkamen auton en chersi tou archontos apollysthai;
For we were saved not by a power like his righteousness, but by groaning to God and being shown mercy. For when I was reproached by these deadly women, I laughed, as such women showed by mocking one another, supposedly, that “we could not save the young man, but let him perish in the hands of the ruler”;
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Summary: The women mocked one another for failing to “save” him.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.17.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:297–298; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-17-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.17.7Holl GCS 25/31:298
ἐπειδήπερ ἥτις αὐτῶν εὐμορφοτέρα εἴη δέλεαρ ὥσπερ ἑαυτὴν προτίθησιν, ὥστε διʼ αὐτῆς τοὺς ἀπατωμένους ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀπολλύειν σῴζειν ἐπιφημίζειν. καὶ ὄνειδος λοιπὸν τῇ ἀμόρφῳ γίνεται παρὰ τῶν εὐμορφοτέρων, ὅτι ἐγώ. φησί, σκεῦός εἰμι ἐκλογῆς, δυναμένη σῴζειν τοὺς ἀπατωμένους, σὺ δὲ οὐκ ἴσχυσας.
epeidēper hētis autōn eumorphotera eiē delear hōsper heautēn protithēsin, hōste diʼ autēs tous apatōmenous anti tou apollyein sǭzein epiphēmizein. kai oneidos loipon tę̄ amorphǭ ginetai para tōn eumorphoterōn, hoti egō. phēsi, skeuos eimi eklogēs, dynamenē sǭzein tous apatōmenous, sy de ouk ischysas.
since whichever of them is more beautiful offers herself as bait, so that through her they claim to save the deceived instead of destroying them. And then the plain one is reproached by the more beautiful: “I,” she says, “am a chosen vessel, able to save the deceived, but you could not.”
Acts 9:15 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: The attractive women claimed to “save” men by seduction.
- “Chosen vessel”: Acts 9:15.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἀπαωμένους → ἀπατωμένους.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.17.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:298; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-17-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.17.8Holl GCS 25/31:298
ἠσαν μὲν οὑν αἱ τὸν ἀγώγιμον μῦθον τοῦτον ὑφηγούμεναι τῇ μορφῇ τῆς αὐτῶν ὅψεως εὐπροσωπόταται, τῷ δὲ νῷ τῆς αὐτῶν μοχθηρίας τὴν πᾶσαν τοῦ διαβόλου ἀμορφίαν κεκτημέναι. ἀλλὰ ὁ ἐλεήμων θεὸς τῆς μοχθηρίας αὐτῶν ἡμᾶς ἐρρύσατο, ὥστε μετὰ τὸ ἀναγνῶναι ἡμᾶς καὶ τὰς βίβλους αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπιστῆσαι τὸν νοῦν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ καὶ μὴ συναπαχθῆναι, ἀποδρᾶσαί τε καὶ μὴ δελεασθῆναι,
ēsan men houn hai ton agōgimon mython touton hyphēgoumenai tę̄ morphę̄ tēs autōn hopseōs euprosōpotatai, tǭ de nǭ tēs autōn mochthērias tēn pasan tou diabolou amorphian kektēmenai. alla ho eleēmōn theos tēs mochthērias autōn hēmas errysato, hōste meta to anagnōnai hēmas kai tas biblous autōn kai epistēsai ton noun tę̄ alētheią kai mē synapachthēnai, apodrasai te kai mē deleasthēnai,
Those who told this seductive myth were most comely in the form of their appearance, but in the mind of their wickedness possessed the whole ugliness of the devil. But the merciful God rescued us from their wickedness, so that after we had read their books and fixed our mind on the truth, we were not carried away, but escaped and were not lured,
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Summary: God kept him from being deceived after reading their books.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.17.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:298; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-17-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.17.9Holl GCS 25/31:298
τὸ τηνικαῦτα ἐσπουδάσαμεν καὶ τοῖς ἐπισκόποις τοῖς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἐκείνῳ αὐτοὺς ὑποδεῖξαι καὶ τὰ όνόματα <τὰ> ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ κρυμμένα φωρᾶσαι, <ὠς> καὶ τοὺς αὐτοὺς ἀπελαθῆναι τῆς πόλεως, περί που ὀγδοήκοντα, καὶ τὴν πόλιν τῆς αὐτῶν ζιζανιώδους ὕλης καὶ ἀκανθώδους καθαρθῆναι.
to tēnikauta espoudasamen kai tois episkopois tois en tǭ topǭ ekeinǭ autous hypodeixai kai ta onomata <ta> en tę̄ ekklēsią krymmena phōrasai, <ōs> kai tous autous apelathēnai tēs poleōs, peri pou ogdoēkonta, kai tēn polin tēs autōn zizaniōdous hylēs kai akanthōdous katharthēnai.
and at that time we took pains to point them out to the bishops of that place and to expose the names hidden in the church, so that they were driven out of the city, about eighty of them, and the city was cleansed of their tare-like and thorny growth.
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Summary: He reported about eighty members to the bishops, who expelled them.
Topics: Heresy, Church office
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.17.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:298; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-17-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 26, chapter 18
26.18.1Holl GCS 25/31:298
18. Μνημονεύσας δέ τις τῆς ἄνω ἡμῶν ὑποσχέσεως τάχα καὶ ἐπαινέσειεν, ὡς ἡμῶν προαγγειλάντων ὅτι τισὶν αὐτῶν παρετύχομεν, τινὰ δὲ διὰ συγγραμμάτων ἐγνώκαμεν, τινὰ δὲ διʼ ἐνηχήσεών τε καὶ μαρτυριῶν ἀξιοπίστων ἀνδρῶν δυναμένων ἡμῖν τὴν ἀλήθειαν ὑπο- δεικνύναι, ὡς καὶ ἐνταῦθα φιλαλήθως οὐχ ὑπερβεβήκαμεν τὸν τόπον, ἀλλὰ ἐδείξαμεν ὡς μία ἐστὶν αὕτη τῶν ἡμῖν περιτυχουσῶν αἱρέσεων.
18. Mnēmoneusas de tis tēs anō hēmōn hyposcheseōs tacha kai epaineseien, hōs hēmōn proangeilantōn hoti tisin autōn paretychomen, tina de dia syngrammatōn egnōkamen, tina de diʼ enēchēseōn te kai martyriōn axiopistōn andrōn dynamenōn hēmin tēn alētheian hypo- deiknynai, hōs kai entautha philalēthōs ouch hyperbebēkamen ton topon, alla edeixamen hōs mia estin hautē tōn hēmin peritychousōn haireseōn.
Anyone who remembers our promise above may perhaps also commend us, since we announced beforehand that some [sects] we had met, some we knew from writings, and some from reports and testimonies of trustworthy men able to show us the truth; so here too, out of love of truth, we have not passed over the matter, but have shown that this is one of the sects we met.
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Summary: Epiphanius knew this sect at first hand.
- The reference is to the preface of the Panarion (not in this range).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): σγνώκαμεν → ἐγνώκαμεν.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.18.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:298; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-18-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.18.2Holl GCS 25/31:298–299
καὶ σαφῶς περὶ ταύτης ἠδυνήθημεν λέγειν ἐξ ὡν μὴ γένοιτο) οὐ πράξαντες, ἀλλὰ μεμαθηκότες ἀκριβῶς <ἐγνώκαμεν> παρὰ τῶν εἰς τοῦτο πειθόντων καὶ μὴ κατισχυσάντων, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἐλπίδα τῆς εἰς ἡμᾶς ἀπωλείας ἀπολεσάντων καὶ μὴ ἐπιτυχόντων τοῦ σκοποῦ τῆς εἰς τὴν τάλαιναν ἡμῶν ψυχὴν ἐπιχειρουμένης ὑπʼ αὐτῶν τε καὶ τοῦ ἐν αὐτοῖς διαβόλου συσκευῆς,
kai saphōs peri tautēs ēdynēthēmen legein ex hōn mē genoito) ou praxantes, alla memathēkotes akribōs <egnōkamen> para tōn eis touto peithontōn kai mē katischysantōn, alla tēn heautōn elpida tēs eis hēmas apōleias apolesantōn kai mē epitychontōn tou skopou tēs eis tēn talainan hēmōn psychēn epicheiroumenēs hypʼ autōn te kai tou en autois diabolou syskeuēs,
And we have been able to speak clearly about it, not from having done it (God forbid), but having learned it exactly from those who tried to persuade us to it and did not prevail, but lost their hope of our destruction and failed in the aim of the scheme attempted by them and by the devil in them against our wretched soul,
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Summary: He knows the sect from those who failed to win him.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.18.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:298–299; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-18-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.18.3Holl GCS 25/31:299
ὡς καὶ συνῳδὰ ἠμᾶς λέγειν τῷ ἁγιωτάτῳ Δαυίδ ὅτι »βέλη νηπίων ἐγενήθησαν αἱ πληγαὶ αὐτῶν‘ καὶ τὰ ἐξῆς, καὶ ὅτι »ἐπιστρέψει ὁ πόνος αὐτῶν εἰς κεφαλὴν αὐτῶν, Ι καὶ ἡ ἀδικία αὐτῶν ἐπὶ κορυφὴν αὐτῶν καταβήσεαι«. ὡς οὑν περιτυχόντες καὶ ἀποδράντες καὶ ἀναγνόντες, γνόντες καὶ καταγνόντες, σωθέντες τε ὑπερβεβήκαμεν, οὕτω καὶ σὲ τὸν ἀναγινώσκοντα παρακαλοῦμεν ἀναγνόντα καὶ καταγνόντα τοῦ * ὑπερβῆναι, εἰς τὸ μὴ ἐμπεσεῖν ἐν τῷ ἰῷ τῆς τῶν ἑρπετῶν τούτων μοχθηρίας.
hōs kai synǭda ēmas legein tǭ hagiōtatǭ Dauid hoti »belē nēpiōn egenēthēsan hai plēgai autōn‘ kai ta exēs, kai hoti »epistrepsei ho ponos autōn eis kephalēn autōn, I kai hē adikia autōn epi koryphēn autōn katabēseai«. hōs houn peritychontes kai apodrantes kai anagnontes, gnontes kai katagnontes, sōthentes te hyperbebēkamen, houtō kai se ton anaginōskonta parakaloumen anagnonta kai katagnonta tou * hyperbēnai, eis to mē empesein en tǭ iǭ tēs tōn herpetōn toutōn mochthērias.
so that we can say in harmony with most holy David, “Their blows have become children's arrows,” and so on, and, “Their trouble shall return upon their head, and their injustice shall come down on their crown.” So as we met them, escaped, read, knew and condemned them, and passed by saved, so we urge you, reader, having read and condemned it, to pass it by, so as not to fall into the venom of the wickedness of these reptiles.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Ps 64:7 (63:8 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 7:16 (7:17 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Epiphanius urges the reader to shun the sect.
- Ps 64:7 (63:8 LXX); Ps 7:16 (7:17 LXX). The asterisk marks a gap.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.18.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:299; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-18-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.18.5Holl GCS 25/31:299
ἀλλʼ εἰ καί ποτε περιτύχοις τισὶ τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς ὀφιώδους ταύτης σχολῆς, εὐθὺς τὸ ξύλον ἀναλαβὼν τὸ διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῖν ἑτοιμασθέν, ἐν ᾧ ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν προσεπάγη Χριστός, <καὶ> κατὰ τῆς κεφαλῆς τοῦ ὄφεως εὐθὺς βαλὼν εἴποις ὅτι Χριστὸς ἐσταύρωται ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ὑπογραμμὸν ἡμῖν περιλιμπάνων‘ σωτηρίας·
allʼ ei kai pote peritychois tisi tōn apo tēs ophiōdous tautēs scholēs, euthys to xylon analabōn to dia tou kyriou hēmin hetoimasthen, en hǭ ho kyrios hēmōn prosepagē Christos, <kai> kata tēs kephalēs tou opheōs euthys balōn eipois hoti Christos estaurōtai hyper hēmōn, hypogrammon hēmin perilimpanōn‘ sōtērias;
But if you ever meet any from this serpentine school, at once take up the wood prepared for us by the Lord, on which our Lord Christ was nailed, and, striking at once at the serpent's head, say that Christ was crucified for us, leaving us an example of salvation;
1 Pet 2:21 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 3:15 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Answer the sect with the cross of Christ.
- 1 Pet 2:21; Gen 3:15.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter): ἐν ᾧ ὁ Ι κύριος → ἐν ᾧ ὁ κύριος.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.18.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:299; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-18-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.18.6Holl GCS 25/31:299
ὅτι οὐκ ἄν ἐσταυροῦτο, εἰ μὴ σάρκα εἶχε. σάρκα δὲ ἔχων καὶ σταυρωθεὶς ἐσταύρωσεν ἡμῶν τὰς ἁμαρτίας. πίστει ἔχομαι τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ οὐχ ὑπάγομαι πλάνῃ τῇ νοθείᾳ τοῦ ὄφεως καὶ παραψιθυρισμῷ τῆς αὐτοῦ διδασκαλίας.
hoti ouk an estaurouto, ei mē sarka eiche. sarka de echōn kai staurōtheis estaurōsen hēmōn tas hamartias. pistei echomai tēs alētheias kai ouch hypagomai planę̄ tę̄ notheią tou opheōs kai parapsithyrismǭ tēs autou didaskalias.
for he would not have been crucified had he not had flesh. Having flesh and being crucified, he crucified our sins. By faith I hold to the truth and am not led away by the error of the serpent's bastardy and the whispering of its teaching.
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Summary: Christ had real flesh and was truly crucified.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.18.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:299; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-18-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 26, chapter 19
26.19.1Holl GCS 25/31:299
19. Λοιπὸν ταύτην παρελθών, ἀγαπητοί, ἐφεξῆς βαδιοῦμαι ἐπὶ τὰς ἄλλας τραχείας τρίβους, οὐχ ἵνα βαδίσω, ἀλλʼ ἴνα ἀπὸ μήκοθεν ὑποδείξω τοῖς βουλομένοις τὰ τραχύτατα μὲν ἐπιγινώσκειν, φεύγειν δὲ διὰ τῆς στενῆς καὶ τεθλιμμένης ὁδοῦ τῆς φερούσης εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον καὶ καταλιμπάνειν τὴν πλατεῖαν καὶ εὐρύχωρον καὶ ἀκανθώδη καὶ προσκομμάτων ἔμπλεον ὀδόν. βορβορώδη καὶ ἀσελγείας καὶ πορνείας ἐμπεπλησμένην,
19. Loipon tautēn parelthōn, agapētoi, ephexēs badioumai epi tas allas tracheias tribous, ouch hina badisō, allʼ ina apo mēkothen hypodeixō tois boulomenois ta trachytata men epiginōskein, pheugein de dia tēs stenēs kai tethlimmenēs hodou tēs pherousēs eis zōēn aiōnion kai katalimpanein tēn plateian kai eurychōron kai akanthōdē kai proskommatōn empleon odon. borborōdē kai aselgeias kai porneias empeplēsmenēn,
Passing this one by now, beloved, I shall go on next to the other rough paths, not to walk them, but to point out from afar to those who wish to recognize the roughest, and to flee by the narrow and afflicted way that leads to eternal life, and to leave the broad, wide, thorny way full of stumbling blocks, filthy and filled with licentiousness and sexual immorality,
Matt 7:13 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 7:14 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Flee by the narrow way.
- Matt 7:13–14.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (word split by a line-end hyphen): ἀκαν- θώδη → ἀκανθώδη.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.19.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:299; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-19-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.19.2Holl GCS 25/31:299
ἡς πορνείας καὶ ἀσελγείας τὸ ὅμοιον ἔστιν ἰδεῖν ἐν τῷ ἑρπετῷ τῷ δεινοτάτῳ, ᾠ ἐπέθεντο τὸ ὄνομα ἀπειρώδινον ἔχιδναν οἱ παλαιοί.
hēs porneias kai aselgeias to homoion estin idein en tǭ herpetǭ tǭ deinotatǭ, ǭ epethento to onoma apeirōdinon echidnan hoi palaioi.
the likeness of whose sexual immorality and licentiousness can be seen in the most terrible reptile, to which the ancients gave the name “viper that knows no birth-pangs.”
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Summary: The sect is like a certain viper.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.19.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:299; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-19-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.19.3Holl GCS 25/31:299–300
ἔστι γὰρ τῆς τοιαύτης ἐχίδνης ἡ φύσις ὁμοία τῆς τούτων μοχθηρίας. διὰ γὰρ τῆς ἀνδρείας φύσεως ἢ γυναικείας τὴν αἰσχρότητα ἐπιτελοῦντες ταύτην ἀπαγορεύουσι τὴν τῶν σπερμάτων καταβολήν, ἀφανίζοντες τὴν ἐκ θεοῦ τοῖς κτίσμασι δεδομένην τεκνογονίαν, ὡς καὶ ὁ ἀπόστολός φησι »τὴν γὰρ ἀντιμισθίαν ἥν ἔδει τῆς πλάνης αὐτῶν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἀπολαμβάνοντες« καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. οὕτω γάρ.
esti gar tēs toiautēs echidnēs hē physis homoia tēs toutōn mochthērias. dia gar tēs andreias physeōs ē gynaikeias tēn aischrotēta epitelountes tautēn apagoreuousi tēn tōn spermatōn katabolēn, aphanizontes tēn ek theou tois ktismasi dedomenēn teknogonian, hōs kai ho apostolos phēsi »tēn gar antimisthian hēn edei tēs planēs autōn en heautois apolambanontes« kai ta hexēs. houtō gar.
For the nature of this viper is like their wickedness. For performing obscenity through the male or female nature, they forbid the depositing of seed, abolishing the childbearing given by God to his creatures, as the apostle says, “receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error,” and so on. For so,
Rom 1:27 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Their practice resembles the viper's nature.
- Rom 1:27.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (word split by a line-end hyphen): ἀντι- μισθίαν → ἀντιμισθίαν.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.19.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:299–300; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-19-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.19.4Holl GCS 25/31:300
φησί, τὴν ἀχειρώδινον ἔχιδναν θελχθεῖσαν τῷ πάθει τῆς ἀπιθυμίας, τήν τε θήλειαν πρὸς τὸν ἄρρενα καὶ τὸν ἄρρενα πρὸς τὴν θήλειαν, περιπλακείσας μὲν ὁμοῦ, διὰ τοῦ στόματος χαινούσης τῆς θηλείας τὸν ἄρρενα τὴν κεφαλὴν εἰσβάλλειν, ἐκείνης δὲ πάθει συσχεθείσης ἀποτέμνειν τὴν τούτου κεφαλὴν καὶ οὕτως τὸν τοῦ στόματος σταλάξαντα ἰὸν καταπιοῦσαν ἐν ἑαυτῇ ἐγκυμονεῖν μὲν τοιοῦτο ζεῦγος ἀρρενόθηλυ· ὅπερ ζεῦγος ἁδρυνθὲν ἐν τῇ
phēsi, tēn acheirōdinon echidnan thelchtheisan tǭ pathei tēs apithymias, tēn te thēleian pros ton arrena kai ton arrena pros tēn thēleian, periplakeisas men homou, dia tou stomatos chainousēs tēs thēleias ton arrena tēn kephalēn eisballein, ekeinēs de pathei syschetheisēs apotemnein tēn toutou kephalēn kai houtōs ton tou stomatos stalaxanta ion katapiousan en heautę̄ enkymonein men toiouto zeugos arrenothēly; hoper zeugos hadrynthen en tę̄
it says, the viper that knows no birth-pangs, charmed by the passion of desire, female toward male and male toward female, intertwine together; the female opens her mouth and the male puts his head in, and she, seized by passion, bites off his head, and so, swallowing the venom that dripped from his mouth, conceives within herself such a male-female pair; which pair, growing in the
Notes and citation
Summary: The natural-history story of the viper's mating.
- A traditional ancient natural-history story (cf. Herodotus 3.109).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated word): τὸν τὸν τοῦ στόματος → τὸν τοῦ στόματος.
Extrabiblical texts: Herodotus, Hist. 3.109 (Herodotus, Histories; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.19.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:300; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-19-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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26.19.5Holl GCS 25/31:300
κοιλίᾳ καὶ μὴ ἔχον πόθεν γεννηθῆναι τὴν πλευρὰν τῆς μητρὸς τιτρώσκειν καὶ οὕτως γεννᾶσθαι, ὥστε ἀπολεσθαι τόν τε τούτων πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα. διόπερ ἀπειρώδινον αὐτῇ ἐπέθεντο ὄνομα, ὅτι ὠδίνων οὐ πειρᾶται.
koilią kai mē echon pothen gennēthēnai tēn pleuran tēs mētros titrōskein kai houtōs gennasthai, hōste apolesthai ton te toutōn patera kai tēn mētera. dioper apeirōdinon autę̄ epethento onoma, hoti ōdinōn ou peiratai.
belly and having no way out to be born, wounds the mother's side and is so born, so that both their father and mother perish. Therefore they gave her the name “knowing no birth-pangs,” because she does not experience labor.
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Summary: The young viper kills its mother at birth.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.19.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:300; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-19-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915; GCS 31, 1922); no public-domain English or FOTC translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
26.19.6Holl GCS 25/31:300
δεινὴ δὲ καὶ φοβερὰ παρὰ πάντα τὰ ἑρπετὰ τυγχάνει, ἐν ἑαυτῇ τὸν ἀφανισμὸν ἐξεργαζομένη καὶ διὰ στόματος τὴν αἰσχρότητα ἀπολαμβάνουσα, ᾗ ἔοικεν αὕτη ἡ φρενοβλαβὴς αἵρεσις, ἧς τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὰ ἐξ αὐτῆς γεγεννημένα ἐνταῦθα συντρίψαντες τῷ ξύλῳ τῆς ζωῆς τὰς ἑτέρας διασκοπεῖν προέλθωμεν, θεὸν ἀρωγὸν ἐπαντλούμενοι. ᾧ τιμὴ καὶ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν.
deinē de kai phobera para panta ta herpeta tynchanei, en heautę̄ ton aphanismon exergazomenē kai dia stomatos tēn aischrotēta apolambanousa, hę̄ eoiken hautē hē phrenoblabēs hairesis, hēs tēn kephalēn kai to sōma kai ta ex autēs gegennēmena entautha syntripsantes tǭ xylǭ tēs zōēs tas heteras diaskopein proelthōmen, theon arōgon epantloumenoi. hǭ timē kai kratos eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn, amēn.
She is terrible and fearsome beyond all reptiles, working destruction within herself and receiving obscenity through her mouth. This deranged sect resembles her. Having crushed its head, body and offspring here with the wood of life, let us go on to examine the others, calling on God as our helper, to whom be honor and might for ever and ever. Amen.
Notes and citation
Summary: Conclusion of the refutation of the Gnostics.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 26.19.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:300; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-26-19-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 27, chapter 1
27.1.1Holl GCS 25/31:300
Καρποκρᾶς τις ἕτερος γίνεται, συστήσας ἑαυτῷ ἀθέμιτον διδασκαλεῖον τῆς ψευδωνύμου αὐτοῦ χείρονας πάντων οὗτος τοὺς τρόπους κεκτημένος.
Karpokras tis heteros ginetai, systēsas heautǭ athemiton didaskaleion tēs pseudōnymou autou cheironas pantōn houtos tous tropous kektēmenos.
Another arises, one Carpocrates, who established for himself an unlawful school of his falsely named [knowledge], possessing ways worse than all.
Notes and citation
Summary: Carpocrates founded a school worse than all others.
- Epiphanius follows Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.25.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated word): αὐτοῦ αὐτοῦ χείρονας → αὐτοῦ χείρονας.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.25.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; echo)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 27.1.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:300; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-27-1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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27.1.2Holl GCS 25/31:300–301
ἐκ πάντων γὰρ τούτων, Σίμωνός τε καὶ Μενάνδρου. Σατορνίλου τε καὶ Βασιλείδου καὶ Νικολάου καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Καρποκρᾶ, ἔτι δὲ ἐκ προφάσεως Οὐαλεντίνου ἡ τῆς Ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως ἐφύη αἵρεσις, ἥτις Γνωστικοὺς τοὺς αὐτῆς ὠνόμασεν, ἀφʼ ἧς οἱ Γνωστικοὶ ἤδη μοι δεδήλωνται, κατάγνωστοι ὄντες τὸν τροπον.
ek pantōn gar toutōn, Simōnos te kai Menandrou. Satornilou te kai Basileidou kai Nikolaou kai autou tou Karpokra, eti de ek prophaseōs Oualentinou hē tēs Pseudōnymou gnōseōs ephyē hairesis, hētis Gnōstikous tous autēs ōnomasen, aphʼ hēs hoi Gnōstikoi ēdē moi dedēlōntai, katagnōstoi ontes ton tropon.
For from all these, Simon and Menander, Satornilus and Basilides and Nicolaus, and Carpocrates himself, and further from the occasion given by Valentinus, the sect of knowledge falsely so called grew, which named its members Gnostics; from which come the Gnostics I have already described, who are deserving of condemnation in their ways.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Gnostics grew from all these teachers.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 27.1.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:300–301; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/26-9-1/#p-27-1-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915; GCS 31, 1922); no public-domain English or FOTC translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.